Jimmy Kimmel returns to late night. Tonight, the reversal comes less than a week after ABC's

suspended Kimmel's show following his comments on the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

But two of the largest station ownership groups that Sinclair and Nextar say they won't carry

the program on their ABC affiliates nationwide. Their boycott had been the driving force behind Kimmel's initial suspension, which had sparked

protests and concerns about free speech, including hundreds of celebrities signing on to an

ACLU letter supporting the late-night host.

For more, we're joined now by Dylan Byers.

He's senior media correspondent at Puck. Dylan,

welcome back to The News Hour. Thank you for having me. So before we get to this decision by some

affiliates to preempt Kimmel's show, help us understand what ultimately convinced Disney CEO Bob

Eiger to bring Jimmy Kimmel back. Well, the short answer here, Jeff, is extraordinary pushback.

Extraordinary pushback from the creative community in Hollywood, from the political community,

ranging from former President Obama to Senator Ted Cruz, even from Disney CEO Bob Iger's own

predecessor, Michael Eisner. So it was internal. It was external. And look,

we should have the caveat here. From the beginning, Disney was telegraphing to me, to other reporters,

that they had every intention of finding a resolution and bringing Jimmy Kimmel back to the airwaves.

But I think the speed with which they did it had a lot to do with the pressure that they were receiving for this decision,

because it really did become an issue of free speech for a lot of people.

It became an issue about whether or not Disney was going to capitulate to pressure from the FCC,

or at least pressure on its affiliate partners

who would then pass that pressure along to him. At a certain point, that became untenable for Bob Eiger,

and it became untenable for Disney and its brand. So even though Disney has returned the show to the

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