{"id":2052516,"date":"2025-09-26T19:23:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2052516"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:23:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:23:24","slug":"sinclair-to-return-jimmy-kimmel-live-to-air-on-abc-affiliates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sinclair-to-return-jimmy-kimmel-live-to-air-on-abc-affiliates\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinclair to Return Jimmy Kimmel Live! to Air on ABC Affiliates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sinclair is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back on air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The broadcast group that preempted the late-night series earlier in September has announced that <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> will return to its ABC affiliate broadcast stations beginning Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from TVLine<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_5at56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_5at56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_5at56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_9at56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_9at56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {\n        #_R_9at56mhak5clubsnm6fbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOver the last week, we have received thoughtful feedback from viewers, advertisers and community leaders representing a wide range of perspectives,\u201d Sinclair said in a statement. \u201cWe have also witnessed troubling acts of violence, including the despicable incident of a shooting at an ABC affiliate station in Sacramento. These events underscore why responsible broadcasting matters and why respectful dialogue between differing voices remains so important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The announcement comes three days after\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-live-return-tuesday-193640442.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Disney reinstated;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Disney reinstated<\/a> the late night program to its ABC broadcast network after a suspension that lasted nearly a week. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-live-preempted-indefinitely-224506239.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Disney had shelved the show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Disney had shelved the show<\/a> after Nexstar \u2014 which owns more than two dozen ABC affiliates nationwide, including stations in Nashville, New Orleans and other, smaller markets \u2014\u00a0decided not to air the show in light of Kimmel\u2019s comments about the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Sinclair soon followed suit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nexstar has not announced whether, it too, will bring <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> back on air. Earlier this week, in response to Disney\u2019s decision to end Kimmel\u2019s suspension, Nexstar released a statement saying they would continue to preempt the series and that their stations \u201cwill focus on continuing to produce local news and other programming relevant to their respective markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TVLine has reached out to Nexstar for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of TVLine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.tvline.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TVLine's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TVLine&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/31XsHSx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TkcoeG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2TntOHq\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinclair is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back on air. The broadcast group that preempted the late-night series earlier in September has announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to its ABC affiliate broadcast stations beginning Friday. More from TVLine Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement \u201cOver the last week, we have received thoughtful feedback from viewers, advertisers and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2052517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[374611,23060,376372,319150],"class_list":["post-2052516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-abc-affiliate","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-sinclair","tag-tvline"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sinclair-to-Return-Jimmy-Kimmel-Live-to-Air-on-ABC.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2052517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}