Jimmy Kimmel will return to air on Tuesday after his show was suspended following comments he made about the death of Charlie Kirk, Disney has said in a statement released in the last few moments.
“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” the statement says.
“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”
As much as it still hurts when companies walk back their decisions, it’s really important as consumers that we also walk back our decision on supporting them. If we always stop supporting them regardless, they will continue to make decisions that don’t support the people. It’s important that we have power in these scenario. In the end, it’s better that Kimmel is back on the air, and that he can joke and criticize what’s happening. Let’s support them walking it back.
Just putting him back isn’t enough if he seems muzzled. We’ll see.
I think a partial return is fair. They shouldn’t pull this shit in the first place, and switching costs can be significant. If you’ve already gone to the trouble of setting up a Jellyfin server, then Disney has fucked around and found out.