'Rock and a hard place': Disney reinstates Kimmel after days of intense public pressure

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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After days of backlash from customers and celebrities, Disney announced that Jimmy Kimmel's show will return to the airwaves. Plus, the Trump administration warns pregnant women against using a common painkiller, linking it to autism without clear evidence. Then, new worries surrounding the potential investors involved in TikTok, and the influence they may have on the app. David Drucker, Carol Leonnig, Dylan Byers, David Gura, Max Chafkin, Dr. Vin Gupta, and Mitch Landrieu join Stephanie Ruhle on the 11th Hour.

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0:00.0	Tonight, after nearly a week of backlash, Jimmy Kimmel returns.
0:05.0	Disney says his late night show will be back on ABC's airwaves tomorrow night.
0:10.0	Then the president warns pregnant women against using a common pain killer, linking it to autism without any evidence.
0:17.0	We'll get into the facts.
0:18.0	Plus, new details about the potential investors getting
0:21.5	involved in TikTok that's raising questions about influence over the app as the 11th hour
0:26.8	gets underway on this Monday night.
0:35.2	Here we go. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie. Rule and check your calendar because it is day 246 of the second Trump administration. Today, Disney announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live will be back on the air tomorrow night. The company pulled the show off the air, of course, late last week after criticism from the FCC commissioner about comments Kimmel made about the Charlie Kirk shooting.
0:57.5	Just hours ago, Sinclair, a company that owns almost 200 stations, including 38 local ABC affiliates across the country,
1:05.2	announced that it will preempt Kimmel's show, meaning they will not be airing it.
1:09.1	The company says it is in discussions with ABC as it evaluates the show's potential
1:13.7	return.
1:14.7	Meanwhile, Donald Trump is now openly pushing his attorney general, Pam Bondi, to prosecute
1:20.3	his political opponents.
1:21.9	In a social media post this weekend, Trump named former FBI director Jim Comey, Senator
1:26.6	Adam Schiff, and New York Attorney General
1:28.8	Letitia James saying the following, quote, we can't delay any longer. It is killing our
1:33.9	reputation and credibility. They impeached me twice and indicted me five times over nothing.
1:40.5	Justice must be served now, multiple exclamation points.
1:44.5	That came a day after the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, this is important,
1:49.6	stepped down following public pressure from Donald Trump.
1:53.6	He had reportedly looked into mortgage fraud allegations against Tish James,
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