If Kimmel was told he could come back and continue his show, should he?

[BigmanPigman]

I have mixed feelings about this issue. I want the FCC to cave and I want Jimmy to get an offer from them to come back to his show with an apology from the FCC and Disney. I also want Jimmy to say "fuck off!" and "I will NOT tone it down" as they request of him.

What should his next move be?

[Dave Bowman]

1. I would tell them to fuck off. That's not as if he's broke.

[StoolPigeon]

4. You must remember

There's a lot of other people who worked on that show for a lot less money. They lost their jobs too.

[Blue Full Moon]

21. Don't know if true but NBC offered him 150 million dollars

[Coldwater]

2. Hell No

[C_U_L8R]

3. Only after extracting a pound of flesh

ABC/Disney must pay for their stupid sins.

[Grim Chieftain]

5. I'm conflicted about what he should do, too

It would be great for him to thumb his nose at ABC and leave and perhaps move to cable tv. The only problem with that is a lot of people don't get cable, especially now that inflation is so bad. If he stays on network tv, more people have access to his voice, which is critical, especially now - but that depends on whether he is free to speak his mind.

It's quite a dilemma.

[jaymac]

7. Jimmy coming back

i want to see him back ...as long as he is not required to apologize, his return to late night is a slap in the face to trump, carr etc.
his return tells citizens that the first amendment still stands. i'd like to see disney apologize, i don't think that will happen but that is secondary to getting a feisty jimmy kimmel back.

[Tribetime]

6. I say , no I would love it if all the billionaires created a new network

To counter fox news

[tintinvotes]

8. Hats and rally's

He should go around the country doing rally's. I bet people would line up to see and support him, and it would drive trump crazy 🤪

[MrWowWow]

9. Nope

He needs to get off network altogether. It will never get any better in a police state. Just more fear and intimidation coming his way if he stays on network TV.

[Roy Rolling]

10. Big Platform

Where will he have the most influence? That’s what he should do.

If he returns, millions of people will be watching him every night. Including the angry ones who couldn’t get him fired.

Resist!

[Liberal In Texas]

11. If he wants to keep getting paid, he'll go back on the air.

These guys have contracts and they get paid to the end of the contract even if the network cancels the show. He quits, no paycheck.

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. If he wants to, and for the sake of his staff, sure - on one condition.

That condition being that no new conditions would be placed on his return. The show would continue just as it did before Disney went all goofy on him. No nebulous "tone it down" edicts based on whether or not King Taco's bowels got in an uproar. No constraints on material, other than the normal "standards and practices" boilerplate which he and his writers were already following. Just as if he'd taken a short hiatus.

His return alone would be a slap in Krasnov's fugly face. If they've got the nerve. (Which, to be honest, I don't think they do.)

[MiHale]

13. Come back with a huge grin and be louder than ever...

[Aviation Pro]

14. Come back with one condition

That Disney/ABC demand that CBS uncancel Colbert.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

15. Highly doubtful...

...that CBS will "uncancel" a show that is losing money.

Late night "comedy" is dying, and has been for awhile - too many other options.

[intheflow]

18. Was it, tho?

Snopes says maybe the show was losing money, but all reports only cited anonymous sources, his show just won an Emmy, and if people aren’t watching late night network tv, they sure as fuck are watching online episodes and clips.

I remain skeptical.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/07/22/cbs-losing-money-colbert-show/

[SickOfTheOnePct]

19. The former head of Paramount Global...

...said the show was losing money. She didn't give a number, but says CBS had been considering this for some time.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/shari-redstone-stephen-colbert-cancellation-skydance-deal-late-night-tv-financially-not-viable-1236524230/

[Sanity Claws]

16. He should do what he thinks is right

He is probably weighing things that we don't know about.
He is concerned about the effect on his staff and he has a large staff, the writers, camerapersons, and others I can't even think of.

[GoCubsGo]

17. As long as he spends his entire shows talking about Jeffery Epstein,

and Trump's relationship with him, yes.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. I would like to see Kimmel return

[Paladin]

22. Not if he has to grovel or apologize or back off in any meaningful fashion. (nt)