“Nexstar is continuing to evaluate the status of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on our ABC-affiliated local television stations, and the show will be preempted while we do so,” Nexstar said in a statement. “We are engaged in productive discussions with executives at The Walt Disney Company, with a focus on ensuring the program reflects and respects the diverse interests of the communities we serve.”
Another major station group, Sinclair, also decided to pre-empt the show and remains in talks with ABC and Disney.
Kimmel returned Tuesday night after his show was suspended by Disney. The media giant said a joke Kimmel made on the September 17 show about Donald Trump supporters reacting to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk were “ill-timed.”
Before Disney’s suspension,…
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