Jimmy Kimmel’s show to return after suspension over Charlie Kirk comments

The show will resume tonight.

The show was taken off air indefinitely after comments the late-night TV show host made about right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk following his death.

Charlie Kirk died on 10 September after he was shot in the neck during an event at a Utah university.

A spokesperson for the network owned by Disney said at the time that "Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be pre-empted indefinitely."

The decision was made after Kimmel said that the "Maga gang" was trying to score political points off the assassination of Kirk.

The comments which prompted the show to be pulled were: "The Maga Gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

He further criticised flags being flown at half mast for Kirk while also mocking Trump's reaction to the shooting.

Kimmel said: "This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he calls a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish."

In today's statement, Disney said that they suspended Kimmel because 'we felt some of the comments were ill-times and thus insensitive'.

It is set to return to screens tonight.