ABC said on Monday that Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show would return to television on Tuesday night (US time), nearly a week after the network suspended the show over his comments about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Walt Disney Co., ABC’s parent company, said in a statement that it spent the past few days having “thoughtful” conversations with Kimmel; after those discussions, it decided his show could resume. Jimmy Kimmel will be back on air on Tuesday night (local time) after days of fierce public debate. Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/APThe decision to pull the program “indefinitely” last week, made under unusual pressure from the Federal Communications Commission, had set off a political firestorm over free speech and the government’s ability to silence commentary it dislikes. Here’s what has happened.