ABC may have caved and allowed late night host Jimmy Kimmel to return to his show, but major local news stations are still refusing to air his show on their networks.
From Fox News: Nexstar Media Group, Inc., announced on Tuesday that it will continue preempting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” despite Disney allowing the show to return to ABC.
“We made a decision last week to preempt ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s ‘ill-timed and insensitive’ comments at a critical time in our national discourse. We stand by that decision pending assurance that all parties are committed to fostering an environment of respectful, constructive dialogue in the markets we serve,” the company said in a statement.
“In the meantime, we note that ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ will be available nationwide on multiple Disney-owned streaming products, while our stations will focus on continuing to produce local news and other programming relevant to their respective markets,” Nexstar added.
Nexstar owns 32 ABC affiliate stations.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates 30 ABC affiliates, also announced Monday it would continue to preempt the show.
Podcaster Benny Johnson pointed out that Nexstar’s move will “keep Jimmy Kimmel’s lies out of +100 million American households.”
MASSIVE BREAKING: NEXSTAR joins Sinclair in pulling Jimmy Kimmel off air tonight after his lies about Charlie Kirk’s assassination:
“We made a decision last week to preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s “ill-timed and insensitive” comments… pic.twitter.com/GmE94OzNng
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 23, 2025
After Sinclair’s announcement, now Nexstar is announcing that they, too, will not be airing Jimmy Kimmel Live. That’s a total of 70 ABC stations nationwide that will not air Kimmel’s return tonight.
They’re demanding an apology from Kimmel. That’s not the gov or FCC… pic.twitter.com/9TeOEZwoDr
— Zack Peter (@justplainzack) September 23, 2025
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Monday night, Sinclair also announced they will not be airing Kimmel’s show.
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