{"id":48365,"date":"2025-09-26T21:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sinclair-and-nexstar-bringing-back-jimmy-kimmel-live-on-their-stations-tonight\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:42:11","slug":"sinclair-and-nexstar-bringing-back-jimmy-kimmel-live-on-their-stations-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/sinclair-and-nexstar-bringing-back-jimmy-kimmel-live-on-their-stations-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinclair and Nexstar bringing back &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; on their stations tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Two major TV station owners, Sinclair Broadcasting and Nexstar Media Group, announced on Friday that they are returning &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; to their ABC stations, ending the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/abc-suspends-jimmy-kimmel-live-over-kimmels-charlie-kirk-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">preemption of the late-night show<\/a><\/span> over remarks Kimmel had made following\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-turning-point-usa\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the shooting death<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of conservative activist\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/charlie-kirk-memorial-service\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Charlie Kirk<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sinclair <a href=\"https:\/\/sbgi.net\/sinclair-statement-on-the-return-of-jimmy-kimmel-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement Friday afternoon that the show will be back on the air on its ABC affiliates tonight, and a few hours later later, Nexstar announced it&#8217;s bringing the show back tonight as well. Sinclair owns 38 ABC stations across the U.S. and Nexstar owns 33.<\/p>\n<p>Disney&#8217;s ABC\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-first-monologue-since-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">brought Kimmel&#8217;s show back<\/a><\/span> on Tuesday following a six-day suspension, but stations owned by Sinclair and Nexstar \u2014 about a quarter of the network&#8217;s affiliates \u2014 had <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nexstar-jimmy-kimmel-live-preempt-abc-sinclair-charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">continued to air<\/a><\/span> other programming in that time slot instead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our objective throughout this process has been to ensure that programming remains accurate and engaging for the widest possible audience,&#8221; Sinclair said in its statement. &#8220;We take seriously our responsibility as local broadcasters to provide programming that serves the interests of our communities, while also honoring our obligations to air national network programming.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nexstar said it its statement, &#8220;We have had discussions with executives at The Walt Disney Company and appreciate their constructive approach to addressing our concerns. As a local broadcaster, Nexstar remains committed to protecting the First Amendment while producing and airing local and national news that is fact-based and unbiased and, above all, broadcasting content that is in the best interest of the communities we serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The show&#8217;s Tuesday episode, which was inaccessible to viewers in Sinclair and Nexstar-controlled markets, still drew a broadcast audience of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-ratings-jump-highest-in-years-return-to-abc-airwaves\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">about four times larger<\/a><\/span> than average. An estimated 6.26 million people tuned into the broadcast, Disney said in a statement Wednesday, citing numbers compiled by Nielsen, an audience measurement firm. The data does not include viewers who streamed the program online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel&#8217;s show drew a nightly average of 1.42 million broadcast viewers during its 2024-25 season, a Disney spokesperson told CBS News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/megan-cerullo\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Megan  Cerullo<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. 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