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Sinclair ends its Jimmy Kimmel boycott
By Brian Stelter, Liam Reilly
Updated 25 min ago
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/media/sinclair-kimmel-blackout-abc-disney-nexstar
Sinclair, one of the two major station groups that preempted the talk show earlier this month, is allowing the show to return to its ABC-affiliated stations Friday evening.
This means that Kimmel will be seen again in major cities like Washington, DC, and Seattle, as well as a few dozen other markets across the US.
Nexstar, the other major station group blacking out Kimmel, did not immediately respond to CNNs request for comment on whether it will end the politically charged preemption.

LetMyPeopleVote
(170,297 posts)marble falls
(68,734 posts)applegrove
(128,374 posts)a TV network.
Omnipresent
(7,222 posts)
yellowcanine
(36,627 posts)
marble falls
(68,734 posts)C_U_L8R
(48,163 posts)Could be a motto for this age
ProfessorGAC
(74,616 posts)And the risk of losing Monday Night Football & college games could be very costly.
They made a grandstanding power play without considering the consequences.
They caved! End of story.
The part about not being influenced by politics or the government is a laughable lie.
Gimpyknee
(714 posts)you have to admit that was the most epic mic drop ever.
mdbl
(7,446 posts)JoseBalow
(8,488 posts)
Gimpyknee
(714 posts)steventh
(2,174 posts)I suppose I should write and thank them. After I see that Kimmel actually airs here tonight.
In case anyone has anything to say to Sinclair Broadcasr Group, here's their contact info:
https://sbgi.net/contact-us/
some_of_us_are_sane
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Paladin
(31,668 posts)maxsolomon
(37,413 posts)Thank God Its Friday News Dump
Warpy
(113,955 posts)about the conflict between political vendettas and free speech and which side the courts were likely to come down on, even now.