US late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will return to TV screens after he was suspended for making MAGA jokes relating to the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Disney, which owns ABC – the US broadcast network that airs Jimmy Kimmel Live – said that it suspended the show because it “felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive”. “Mr Kimmel’s remarks were inappropriate and deeply insensitive at a critical moment for our country,” commented Sinclair’s vice-chairman Jason Smith. Meanwhile, over 400 celebrities and Hollywood elites have signed a letter backing Kimmel, calling his suspension a “dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation”. “I am glad to see Disney find its courage in the face of clear government intimidation,” she said.