Disney bosses are scrambling to convince Jimmy Kimmel to tone down his rhetoric before putting his show back on the air as the company scrambles to manage fallout from

According to Deadline, discord has erupted inside Disney over Kimmel’s suspension, with a series of “mixed face-to-face and virtual meetings” between the company’s top execs and Kimmel and his team taking place throughout Thursday (September 18).

Jimmy Kimmel learned in a phone call Wednesday afternoon that his 22-year late-night run on ABC was put on hold, at least for now. Deadline understands that the person on the other end of the line of the phone was Disney Entertainment Co-Chairman Dana Walden.

LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it was pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off the air, after comments by the late-night show's host about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk prompted a threat by the head of the top U.S. communications regulator against Disney.

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Disney's unprecedented move to indefinitely pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! from the airwaves has the late-night world, and the country, in shock. Deadline understands that ABC pulled the show from the air after Kimmel told them he would address his previous comments around Charlie Kirk.

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