Nexstar, Sinclair will not resume airing ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

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Nexstar Media and Sinclair Broadcasting say they will not resume airing ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ on Tuesday on their ABC affiliates and will instead run other programming.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/series/nexstar-sinclaire-not-resume-airing-jimmy-kimmel-live/

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00:00Nextar Media and Sinclair Broadcasting say they will not resume airing Jimmy

00:05Kimmel Live on Tuesday on their ABC affiliates and will instead run other

00:08programming. This after ABC parent Walt Disney says it will resume broadcasting

00:13the late-night talk show. Sinclair says, quote, discussions with ABC are ongoing

00:18as we evaluate the show's potential return. It is not clear how long the

00:23broadcasters will shun the program. ABC suspended Kimmel's show on September

00:2717 after he made comments about the assassination of conservative activist

00:31Charlie Kirk. Hours before the suspension, Federal Communications Commission Chair

00:37Brendan Carr warned that local broadcasters who aired Kimmel could face fines or loss

00:41of licenses.

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