{"id":164170,"date":"2025-09-23T16:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/164170\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:12:09","slug":"nexstar-joins-sinclair-in-saying-it-wont-air-jimmy-kimmel-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/164170\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexstar joins Sinclair in saying it won&#8217;t air Jimmy Kimmel Live!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00b7Breaking<\/p>\n<p>ABC&#8217;s Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0is set to return to the air, with millions of people expected to watch to see how he addresses his nearly week-long suspension. But on Tuesday, station owner Nexstar joined Sinclair in saying it will not air Kimmel&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>Host set to return to his late-night show after ABC lifts suspension<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press  \u00b7 Posted: Sep 23, 2025 11:47 AM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A man in a suit waves on a red carpet.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1758643929_558_jimmy-kimmel.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Jimmy Kimmel arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards held in Los Angeles in September 2022. Nexstar said Tuesday they will not air Kimmel&#8217;s show, despite Disney returning it to the airwaves. (Aude Guerrucci\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>ABC&#8217;s Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0is set to return to the air Tuesday,\u00a0after a nearly weeklong suspension that triggered\u00a0a national discussion about freedom of speech. But two groups of ABC affiliates that denounced Kimmel last\u00a0week said they would not carry his return. <\/p>\n<p>Nexstar Media Group said\u00a0it would continue to pre-empt the show, &#8220;pending assurances that all\u00a0parties are committed to fostering an environment of respectful,\u00a0constructive dialogue in the markets we serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sinclair Broadcast\u00a0Group said it would also keep Kimmel off its stations.<\/p>\n<p>The two\u00a0corporations collectively control about a quarter of ABC affiliates.<\/p>\n<p>More to come<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entertainment\u00b7Breaking ABC&#8217;s Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0is set to return to the air, with millions of people expected to watch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-164170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}