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Breaking: Final Affiliate Partner Gives In, Jimmy Kimmel Is Back Nationwide
Jimmy Kimmel is back nationwide. Earlier this afternoon, Sinclair Broadcasting announced that it had reached an agreement with Disney to return Jimmy Kimmel Live! to its airwaves, and now, just hours later, the last holdout, Nexstar, announced that it too had reached a deal to return Kimmel to its airwaves.
Nexstar made the announcement just hours before Kimmel’s show is set to air. With Nexstar putting Kimmel back on its station, his show will be back nationwide after his brief suspension.
Nexstar said in a statement: “We stand apart from cable television, monolithic streaming services, and national networks in our commitment – and obligation – to be stewards of the public airwaves and to protect and reflect the specific sensibilities of our communities. To be clear, our commitment to those principles has guided our decisions throughout this process, independent of any external influence from government agencies or individuals.”
Between them, Nexstar and Sinclair owned a quarter of the ABC affiliates in the country. Kimmel remained on in most major networks; however, Sinclair and Nexstar owned the ABC affiliates in Washington, D.C., Seattle, Nashville, and Portland, Oregon.
Kimmel’s issues started last week, when Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr told a podcast that broadcasters should “stop airing Kimmel’s show,” after his remarks about Kirk. Carr made a not-so-veiled threat to broadcasters, saying, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”
Moments after Carr made his remarks, Nexstar, the largest station group owner in the country, announced that it was pulling Kimmel from its ABC-affiliated networks. According to Rolling Stone, executives at Disney, ABC, and its affiliated stations gathered for a meeting after Nexstar’s decision, where many of the executives in attendance did not believe that Kimmel had said anything wrong.
Despite that, Disney caved to the pressure from Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcasting, the largest owner of ABC affiliates in the country, to pull Kimmel from the air. Sinclair said that it will not return Kimmel to its stations until “formal discussions are held with ABC regarding the network’s commitment to professionalism and accountability,” and until Kimmel makes a direct apology to the Kirk Family, and for the network makes a significant donation to the family and Turning Point U.S.A.
Sinclair is restoring Kimmel to its affiliates after making proposals to Disney, including a “network-wide independent ombudsman” at ABC. Despite the proposals, Sinclair will restore Kimmel to its channels without ABC agreeing to them. It is unclear what, if anything, Nexstar got in exchange for returning Kimmel to the airwaves.
For now, Jimmy Kimmel is back nationwide.
What do you think of Jimmy Kimmel’s nationwide return? Let us know in the comments.
Kimmel is as low as it gets! No decency only juvenile stunted emotional immaturity. Mean and cruel self absorbed people aren’t funny.
When ABC dumped him, they were just taking out the garbage. When they saw all the left wing violence they turned coward and brought the garbage back. To trash a Good man who was brutally murdered in front of his wife and kids shows Kimmel’s total lack of humanity. His ratings went up, but that was just people wanting to see the savage beast. He will start costing ABC and Disney millions once again. Those who love truth will sit back and pray that he takes down both of those hate filled organizations.
With all Disney’s money, they can’t find a comedian for the dead zone after midnight?
Disney should wise up. Any temporary losses (c’mon man who watches this anyway) could have been made up by us conservatives if we have faith in the company again. Disney stocks would have shot up. I thought Disney may have been on the right track getting rid of Jimmy. Guess the leftists have chimed in. Losing one of their propaganda sources. Was hoping Disney was going back to their family-oriented ways. Probably subscribe to all their programming. I may be able to go to a “children’s” movie with my family and not have to worry about some LBBGGTTQQ or whatever all of a sudden being thrown in. Gender dysphoria needs to be treated by a psychiatrist and not condoned or treated by medical or surgical castration. How sick is the term transgender children? How many people actually watch late night? Most if not all of us conservatives have jobs to go to in the morning. Jimmy spewed angry, non-entertaining leftist propaganda. Even a sponsor would think twice about paying for that kind of exposure. Jimmy was on his way out anyway. The show is a money pit trying to be kept relevant by leftists. Look up the word fascist when you get a chance. Don’t cherry pick what is and is not allowed. Look up socialist and what the new leftist golden boy running for the mayor of New York is all about. Stop regurgitating what others say and educate yourself. Charlie Kirk always explained his views with reasoning and statistics. He always welcomed other views and treated people with respect. He was murdered in front of his family. Trying to tell a joke around the circumstances of someone’s assassination is seriously wrong. Maybe Jimmy needs some help. Turning Point USA will continue on and honor Charlies life’s work. Be a part of it, donate, even a little from all of us will go a long way in fixing the mess that was created the previous four years. Wise up parents. Democrats get back in control the schools will be overrun with gender ideology.