Sinclair preempts Jimmy Kimmel Live! after ABC's decision to reinstate. Will Nexstar follow?
Posted on: Sep 23, 2025 06:21 IST | Posted by: Hindustantimes
After ABC's determination to reinstate jemmy Kimmel unrecorded! after a week-long respite o'er backlash over host Jimmy Kimmel's comments on Charlie Kirk was a much-awaited relief for the fans of the show. But, as the show returns on Tuesday, September 23, not all viewers will be able to watch it.
House after ABC's decision to bring back Kimmel, the Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of ABC's major affiliates in the United States, announced that they will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! and play news programming in its place. The Sinclair Broadcast Group operates 38 ABC affiliate stations in the US.
"Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming," the statement read. "Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return."
With Sinclair's announcement, it is widely anticipated that the Nexstar Media Group, another of big-name ABC affiliates, will also follow suit in pre-empting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' However, as of now, the Irving, Texas based group has not made any official announcement.
In fact, it was the Nexstar Media Group who were the first to announce that they were pre-empting Jimmy Kimmel Live! after Kimmel's controversial comments on the previous episode of the show. In its statement announcing the return of Kimmel on the network, ABC said that he was suspended because his comments were “ill-timed and hence insensitive.”
This story is being updated.
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