Nexstar Media Group announced on Tuesday that it will not air Jimmy Kimmel Live! on its ABC stations, citing Kimmel’s inaccurate claim that Charlie Kirk was murdered by a MAGA supporter.
Just one day prior, Sinclair Broadcast Group revealed it would also preempt the late-night show, despite Disney reinstating Kimmel’s program. This means that ABC’s two largest station owners, responsible for dozens of local affiliates, will not broadcast his return to the airwaves on Tuesday.
“We made the decision last week to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! after what ABC described as Mr. Kimmel’s ‘ill-timed and insensitive’ comments during a critical moment in national discourse,” Nexstar said in a statement.