Sinclair will not air Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night

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00:00We want to, again, bring you some other stories that we are following here for you this evening,

00:06including the new news that ABC says they are putting a Jimmy Kimmel back on the air starting tomorrow.

00:14And that comes just hours after there was massive protests happening in Los Angeles.

00:21I want to go out right now there to Fox 11 LA's Christina Gonzalez with a breakdown of what was happening today

00:29leading up to this decision.

00:33Yeah, you know, keep in mind Disney had said and is saying that even though the comments that Kimmel made

00:40were quote insensitive and ill-advised, after long thoughtful conversations is how they're describing it,

00:47they've decided to reinstate the show.

00:50And already, let me show you tickets available online for tomorrow night's show and the next day and one after that.

00:57And people here who have been camping out for and support of Kimmel say they are very happy.

01:04Check it out.

01:06Jimmy Kimmel's coming back tomorrow!

01:10Word getting out outside Hollywood's El Capitan Theater, ABC has reinstated Jimmy Kimmel Live.

01:17I'm just so...

01:18I'm excited that people are still exercising their rights.

01:23It makes it worse.

01:23You're about to cry.

01:27It's that emotional for you.

01:29I'm so damn proud of LA.

01:30This group was part of a much larger pro-Kimmel rally earlier.

01:34The reason that this should concern all Americans is that this administration's actions could threaten speech

01:40from both conservatives and liberals.

01:42A who's who of state and local politicians joined by several unions in support of Kimmel,

01:49even as counter-protesters tried to interrupt.

01:52Even now, there are people who want to drown out our voices.

01:55LAPD stepping in to stop skirmishes between supporters and critics.

01:59Tourists taking it all in.

02:01Are they talking about this in Germany?

02:03Do they know about this?

02:04I saw it on TikTok about in Germany.

02:07Presidents know how this goes.

02:08She's one of the first female late-night comedy writers.

02:11When I was working on The Tonight Show and on Letterman, we were doing jokes about Clinton

02:18and Bush all the time.

02:20But these guys are big boys and they know how to take it.

02:23And that was another era.

02:24So here we are.

02:26Jimmy is coming back tomorrow!

02:30I am so just ecstatic for Jimmy, his crew.

02:36They're excited but cautious.

02:38I don't want us to lose momentum because this isn't the end.

02:45And keep in mind that while some people are very excited, you mentioned that Sinclair is

02:50saying that they're going to put alternative programming because, in essence, they do not

02:56like what Kimmel said.

02:57They do want an apology from him, is what I understand, and a large amount of money into

03:02the Charlie Kirk Memorial Fund.

03:04And keep in mind also that there's some big Disney stars that are also calling for a boycott

03:08of Disney because they support Kirk.

03:10Marissa Tomei is one of them, a producer of Lost.

03:13That was a huge ABC show.

03:15So this is still an ongoing situation.

03:18But I can tell you that tickets are available for tomorrow night.

03:21I'm Christina Gonzalez in Hollywood.

03:22Back to you guys in the studio.

03:24Christina, thanks so much.

03:25Yeah, and so many people are going to be watching to see what he is going to say for that opening

03:30monologue.

03:31Again, Christina, thanks so much again for the updates coming out of L.A.

03:36And again, we want to mention what Sinclair is saying.

03:40They put out this statement today saying, beginning tomorrow night, Sinclair will be preempting

03:44Jimmy Kimmel Live across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming.

03:51Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return.

03:56And this statement coming from Andrew Colvett, who is the executive producer of The Charlie

04:01Kirk Show, as well as Turning Point's spokesperson, saying Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmel

04:08back on the air is not surprising, but it's their mistake to make.

04:12Nextstar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice.

04:17So we will see what Nextstar is going to do.

04:21Sinclair says they are already going to be sitting this one out.

04:24We'll see if they change their minds before tomorrow night.

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