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Nexstar, Sinclair will not resume airing ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’  Reuters Local TV Giants Boycott Jimmy Kimmel’s Return to Late Night  The New York Times Jimmy Kimmel posts photo with Norman Lear ahead of his return to late night  NBC News Nexstar ABC Affiliates To Continue Preempting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”  Nexstar Media Group, Inc. Kimmel’s show to return — but not everywhere  CNN Source link

ABC bringing Kimmel back to air, but some station owners are boycotting him  The Washington Post Local TV Giants Boycott Jimmy Kimmel’s Return to Late Night  The New York Times Kimmel’s show to return — but not everywhere  CNN Nexstar-owned ABC affiliates won’t show Kimmel’s return Tuesday, joining Sinclair in preempting program  CNBC Join the ACLU and Over 400 Artists to Defend Free Speech  American …

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back after a week’s pause with Glen Powell and Sarah McLachlan set as guests. The show is returning for the first in nearly a week after the show was preempted indefinitely after controversy surrounding comments made by Kimmel about Charlie Kirk’s killer led to veiled threats by FCC chair Brendan Carr. Powell is promoting Hulu sports …

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension that triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech and President Donald Trump’s ability to police the words of journalists, commentators and even comics. Demonstrators hold signs outside El Capitan Entertainment Centre, where the late-night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is staged, …

Television station giant Nexstar Media Group said it will not run “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” as the Walt Disney Co. brings the ABC comedian back to television Tuesday night. Disney on Monday reversed its suspension of the late-night talk show after the host’s comments about the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk set off a political firestorm. Nexstar joins Sinclair …

Jimmy Kimmel may be returning to ABC Tuesday night, but his show will remain dark in a large swath of the U.S., with Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar saying that they will preempt the show. “Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming,” the company said in a …

Company Will Monitor the Show as it Returns to ABC IRVING, TX (Sept. 23, 2025)—Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced that the company’s owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will continue to preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” We made a decision last week to preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s …

Nexstar said that it will continue to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live!, meaning that the late-night host’s return on Tuesday night won’t have carriage in nearly a quarter of ABC‘s affiliate reach. In a statement, Nexstar said, “We made a decision last week to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s ‘ill-timed and insensitive’ comments at …

Getty Images US comedian Jimmy Kimmel will return to his late-night talk show on Tuesday after he was suspended for making jokes relating to the death of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Disney, which owns the US broadcast network that airs Jimmy Kimmel Live, said on Monday that it suspended the show because it “felt some of the comments were ill-timed …

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Will Return Tuesday Following Charlie Kirk Controversy—But Not On Sinclair-Owned Stations  Forbes Kimmel’s show to return Tuesday, but Sinclair will continue to keep it off its ABC stations  CNN When does Jimmy Kimmel return to ABC? Start time, where to watch and stream  USA Today Join the ACLU and Over 400 Artists to Defend Free Speech  American Civil Liberties Union ‘The …