吉米· Kimmel 在接受斯蒂芬·科尔伯特采访时，回忆了自己节目被 ABC 暂停播出时的情况。他表示，当时观众已经就座，但 ABC 方面出于“降温”考虑，通知他节目将停播。Kimmel 当时以为节目将永久取消，但最终在观众强烈反对下，迪士尼恢复了该节目。Kimmel 和 Colbert 还分享了他们各自节目被停播时的经历，Kimmel 的节目在停播一周后回归，而 Colbert 的节目则因财务原因将于 2026 年停播。

🎬 节目停播的突发情况：Jimmy Kimmel 透露，在他接到 ABC 告知节目被暂停的电话时，现场观众已经就座，这让他感到意外和不安。

📞 管理层沟通与决策：ABC 方面以“需要降低敏感度”和“担心节目内容”为由，建议暂停播出，Kimmel 当时以为节目将面临永久停播的命运。

⚖️ 舆论反转与节目恢复：在节目被暂停后，迪士尼公司因收到大量观众的强烈反对，最终决定恢复 Jimmy Kimmel 的节目，显示了公众意见对媒体决策的影响力。

🤝 行业同仁的共情时刻：Kimmel 在与 Stephen Colbert 的对话中，分享了节目停播的经历，而 Colbert 也分享了自己节目因财务原因将被停播的类似遭遇，体现了电视行业从业者之间的相互理解。

🗓️ 节目恢复时间线：Jimmy Kimmel 的节目在停播一周后，于 9 月 23 日回归荧屏，而 Colbert 的节目则计划于 2026 年 5 月停播。

Jimmy Kimmel said his audience was "loaded" in their seats when he got the call from ABC.He told Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" that he sent his audience home, but finished the taping.Disney reinstated Kimmel's show after the media giant received significant backlash for the suspension.

Jimmy Kimmel's audience was already in their seats when ABC called to tell him that "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was suspended.

Kimmel appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday night and talked about the moment he got the call telling him the show would be pulled.

Disney, which owns ABC, "indefinitely" suspended Kimmel's show on September 17 after FCC chair Brendan Carr slammed Kimmel's comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Kimmel said his live taping was at 4:30 p.m. daily, and he received a call from the ABC executives at 3 p.m.

"So I go into the bathroom, and I'm on the phone with the ABC executives, and they say, 'Listen, we want to take the temperature down. We're concerned about what you're going to say tonight,'" Kimmel said.

He told Colbert that ABC's executives said the "best route" would be to take the show off the air.

"I thought, 'That's it, it's over, it is over,'" Kimmel said. "I'm never coming back on the air. That's really what I thought."

"Now, meanwhile, there's the whole audience, they're in their seats," he said.

Colbert interrupted, "Oh, wait. I didn't know that your audience was already loaded."

"They were loaded and in their seats, ready for the show," Kimmel replied.

He said his team sent the audience home, but proceeded with the taping anyway.

Kimmel returned to the air to shoot "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on September 23 after being suspended from the airwaves for a week. Disney brought the show back after facing massive backlash over the decision.

Kimmel also hosted Colbert on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in an episode that was also released on Tuesday. The duo swapped war stories of finding out that their shows were getting cut.

CBS announced in July that it would pull Colbert's show off the air from May 2026, and the decision was purely financial.

Representatives for Kimmel and Colbert did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.