Kimmel was briefly suspended over comments he made in the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. Here are key facts about the two companies, which collectively own about a quarter of ABC affiliates, including in some bigger cities like Washington, D.C. Live Events It added "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will be available nationwide on multiple Disney-owned streaming products, and Nexstar's stations will focus on "continuing to produce local news and other programming relevant to their resp ...

Two ABC affiliate owners say they’ll continue to preempt late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel with their own local programming, even after ABC said they would reinstate his show nationally.Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group’s decision highlights the influence and sometimes-tenuous relationship local TV station owners have with national broadcasters such as Disney-owned ABC.Kimmel was briefly suspended over comments he made in the aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassinatio ...

Gregg Donovan and Dandidi or "Hollywood Harlequin" display signs at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre, where "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is recorded to celebrate the show's return on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on Sept 23, 2025."Jimmy Kimmel Live!" returns to air Tuesday night, roughly one week after the late night show was suspended by Disney's ABC broadcast network.The program was initially pulled "indefinitely" following comments by host Kimmel during a show monologue that criticized ...

Disney's decision to reinstate "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has raised the tension of ABC's showdown with local TV broadcasters. Although ABC is bringing Jimmy Kimmel back on Tuesday night, Sinclair and Nexstar — which together own nearly a third of ABC affiliate stations in the US — said they won't air Kimmel's show and will instead show local news.ABC had suspended Jimmy Kimmel "indefinitely" last week for his comments about Charlie Kirk's killer after pushback from Sinclair and Nexstar and pressure from FCC cha ...

ABC’s "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" won’t be accessible to all viewers even after The Walt Disney Co. reversed course and moved to bring the show back following a brief suspension. Sinclair Inc., a media company that operates the largest network of local television stations, said that although Kimmel's show will return on Tuesday, it will preempt it on affiliate ABC stations and will air news programming instead. "Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!‘ across our ABC affiliate stat ...

work. Needam's Laura Martin says Disney should consider simoc casting ABC's broadcast content on less regulated platforms like Hulu instead. She says that would help generate faster revenue growth for Disney and unlock more shareholder value.She has a buy rating on the stock and a $125 price target. And she joins us now. Uh welcome, Laura.It's good to have you make your case here. Not every day a company, you know, kind of shuts down a a business that still is producing cash flow, has a big audience. So why ...

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"Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced that the company's owned and partner television stations affiliated with the The statement further added:"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 ...

Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback to late-night TV on Tuesday following a weeklong hiatus will be blacked out of dozens of markets after Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its ABC affiliates will not air “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — replacing it with “news programming” instead.“Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming,” the company posted on X on Monday.“Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potent ...

Walt Disney should shut down the ABC network rather than sell it and transfer the channel’s content to its streaming platforms to lower regulatory risks and unlock higher valuation, brokerage Needham wrote in a client note on Tuesday.The recent “FCC intervention has made owning broadcasting licenses too expensive and too volatile for DIS shareholders, in our view,” the brokerage said.Disney’s decision to take Kimmel’s show off the air last week added fuel to the debate of free speech in America amid conserv ...