{"id":2047124,"date":"2025-09-24T19:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2047124"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:11:41","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-live-still-benched-by-nexstar-but-station-owner-cites-productive-discussions-with-disney-execs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-live-still-benched-by-nexstar-but-station-owner-cites-productive-discussions-with-disney-execs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 Still Benched By Nexstar, But Station Owner Cites \u201cProductive Discussions\u201d With Disney Execs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0320037\/\">Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a> remains sidelined on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0990902\/\">Nexstar Media Group<\/a>\u2019s ABC stations, but the company says it has been having \u201cproductive discussions\u201d with Disney execs toward a resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0982204\/\">Nexstar<\/a> is continuing to evaluate the status of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0320037\/\">Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a> on our ABC-affiliated local television stations, and the show will be preempted while we do so,\u201d Nexstar said in a statement. \u201cWe are engaged in productive discussions with executives at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0044374\/\">The Walt Disney Company<\/a>, with a focus on ensuring the program reflects and respects the diverse interests of the communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another major station group, Sinclair, also decided to pre-empt the show and remains in talks with ABC and Disney.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel returned Tuesday night after his show was suspended by Disney. 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