{"id":156862,"date":"2025-09-24T04:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/156862\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T04:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T04:39:07","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-live-sidekick-guillermo-rodriguez-says-theyre-back-and-full-of-love-ahead-of-abc-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/156862\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 Sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez Says They\u2019re Back and \u2018Full of Love\u2019 Ahead of ABC Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d is set to return to the ABC lineup for most American households on Tuesday night, and the late night host\u2019s sidekick is already celebrating.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe are back full of love,\u201d Guillermo Rodriguez shared on Instagram as they returned to the Hollywood Boulevard studio to tape the new episode hours ahead of its linear debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More from TheWrap<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, Jimmy Kimmel himself shared a photo with late comedy legend Norman Lear on the social media platform, writing, \u201cMissing this guy today.\u201d The pair famously collaborated on \u201cLive in Front of a Studio Audience\u201d together prior to Lear\u2019s death in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/thegrill2025.splashthat.com\/PRONewsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"247\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/c749df9235ad8e514caa65588639d526.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJKL\u201d is coming back to the network schedule six days after Disney indefinitely suspended Kimmel on Wednesday due to his Sept. 15 coverage of the Charlie Kirk assassination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cLast Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country.\u00a0It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive,\u201d the Walt Disney Company said in a Monday statement.\u00a0\u201cWe have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, local affiliate owners Nexstar and Sinclair both decided to still preempt Tuesday\u2019s new episode across their stations.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d returns to ABC at 11:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/jimmy-kimmel-live-returns-guillermo-rodriguez-abc-episode-taping\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 Sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez Says They\u2019re Back and \u2018Full of Love\u2019 Ahead of ABC Return;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 Sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez Says They\u2019re Back and \u2018Full of Love\u2019 Ahead of ABC Return<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" 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