{"id":2490107,"date":"2025-09-23T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nexstar-joins-sinclair-in-preempting-jimmy-kimmels-return-to-tv\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:04:12","slug":"nexstar-joins-sinclair-in-preempting-jimmy-kimmels-return-to-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nexstar-joins-sinclair-in-preempting-jimmy-kimmels-return-to-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexstar joins Sinclair in preempting Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s return to TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnexstar-joins-sinclair-in-preempting-jimmy-kimmels-return-to-tv%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2490107&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcasting are continuing to preempt the return of Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-comedy-manager-leaves-entertainment-industry-to-start-unsafe-space-podcast-after-seeing-the-light\/\" title=\"Woke Comedy Manager Leaves Entertainment Industry To Start \u2018Unsafe Space\u2019 Podcast After \u2018Seeing The Light\u2019\">late-night show<\/a>, *Jimmy Kimmel Live!*, on their ABC affiliate stations.This follows controversy and a temporary suspension related to Kimmel&#8217;s remarks about President Donald Trump and an assassination threat involving political commentator Charlie Kirk. While Disney, ABC&#8217;s parent company, announced that the show would resume airing nationwide, Nexstar stated it will keep preempting the program until all parties commit to fostering a &#8220;respectful&#8221; and constructive dialog. Sinclair has also opted to air alternative programming rather of Kimmel&#8217;s show. The suspension and ongoing preemptions have sparked criticism and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hawks-are-awfully-sheepish-on-china\/\" title=\"The Hawks Are Awfully Sheepish on China\">political responses<\/a>, including the cancellation of a town hall by a democratic mayoral candidate due to the suspension. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-camp-unleashes-on-media-for-brazenly-lying-about-his-comments-on-georgia-school-shooting\/\" title=\"JD Vance Camp Unleashes on ... for &#039;Brazenly Lying&#039; About His Comments on Georgia School Shooting\">situation highlights ongoing tensions<\/a> around political discourse in media. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nexstar joins Sinclair in preempting Jimmy Kimmel&rsquo;s return to TV<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2238120\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Nexstar Media Group said Tuesday it is continuing to preempt <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >late-night host<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/op-eds\/3819760\/jimmy-kimmel-fcc-fascism-trump-free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>&lsquo;s show, saying it will do so until &ldquo;all parties&rdquo; commit to creating a &ldquo;respectful&rdquo; environment.<\/p>\n<p>Disney, the owner of ABC, announced Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3818996\/abc-bring-back-jimmy-kimmel-show-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it will bring back <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/a>  starting Tuesday night, about a week after the show was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3812881\/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-charlie-kirk-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suspended over remarks Kimmel made<\/a> about President Donald Trump&rsquo;s response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3812675\/elon-musk-calls-jimmy-kimmel-disgusting-for-segment-on-kirks-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s assassination<\/a>. However, Nexstar is not playing ball ahead of the show&rsquo;s return, saying it preempted Kimmel&rsquo;s show over comments he made &ldquo;at a critical time in our national discourse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3786050\/pessimism-us-economy-stagflation-on-horizon-growth-opportunities-slim\/\">There&#8217;s plenty of reason for pessimism about the US economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3812269\/stephen-miran-nonsensical-war-us-dollar-dominance-goes-prime-time\/\">Stephen Miran&#8217;s nonsensical war on the US dollar&#8217;s dominance goes prime-time<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3814422\/hyundai-plan-expand-georgia-plant-ice-raid\/\">Hyundai moving forward with $2.7 billion plan to expand Georgia plant hit by ICE raid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;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. In the meantime, we note that &lsquo;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&rsquo; 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,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexstar.tv\/nexstar-abc-affiliates-to-continue-preempting-jimmy-kimmel-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the statement read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks at the Oscars in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2017. (Photo by Chris Pizzello\/Invision\/AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sinclair said Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3819512\/sinclair-wont-show-jimmy-kimmel-abc-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it will continue preempting Kimmel&rsquo;s show<\/a> across its ABC affiliate stations and play news programming in its place.<\/p>\n<p>Sinclair said last week it would air a special for Kirk in place of <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> on Friday. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WeAreSinclair\/status\/1969241140219039979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">it changed course last minute<\/a> and continued ABC programming as scheduled, playing the Kirk special on YouTube instead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/3816240\/new-day-for-tv-jimmy-kimmel-faces-the-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>A NEW DAY FOR TV: JIMMY KIMMEL FACES THE MUSIC<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kimmel&rsquo;s suspension from TV drew ire from many Democratic lawmakers and their supporters. Democratic New York City mayoral candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3818389\/zohran-mamdani-cancels-town-hall-abc-affiliate-jimmy-kimmel-suspension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zohran Mamdani canceled a town hall<\/a> with WABC over the suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The late-night host, a vocal critic of Trump, said last month that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3497357\/jimmy-kimmel-obtains-italian-citizenship-as-celebrities-threaten-to-leave-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he obtained Italian citizenship<\/a>. Celebrities such as Ellen DeGeneres and Rosie O&rsquo;Donnell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3345422\/trump-takes-jab-at-rosie-odonnell-while-meeting-michael-martin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the latter having a decadeslong feud with Trump<\/a>, have left the United States after the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nexstar, Sinclair continue blocking Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s TV return<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2490108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25262596302977.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[43710,63910,63867,63911],"class_list":["post-2490107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-nexstar","tag-sinclair","tag-tv-return"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AP25262596302977.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490107"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2490175,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490107\/revisions\/2490175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2490108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2490107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2490107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}