‘Jimmy Kimmel Dwell’ Returns to Sinclair ABC Affiliate Stations in Reversal

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Sinclair Folds …
‘Live!’ Back On Affiliates TONIGHT!!!

Published September 26, 2025 12:05 PM PDT

The Jimmy Kimmel extended blackout is seeing more daylight … starting tonight, ‘Live!’ is storming back onto all of Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s 38 ABC affiliate stations, the company declared Friday.

Sinclair said the past week had brought a flood of feedback — from viewers, advertisers, and community leaders — all pushing them to decide keeping Kimmel on-air is key to fostering respectful dialogue across a spectrum of differing voices.

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Earlier this week, ABC announced Kimmel would return to the airwaves Tuesday night … but Sinclair and Nexstar Media Group — two media companies that own a significant amount of local affiliate stations — said they were both resisting bringing Jimmy back … leaving about 20% of the country without his show while talks with Disney dragged on.

As of mid-day Friday, Nexstar is still preempting Kimmel.

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Sinclair also noted the troubling shooting at a Sacramento ABC affiliate last week in the statement. The news of Jimmy’s return drops just 3 days after Kimmel’s show returned to Disney’s ABC network, ending a nearly week-long suspension over his controversial comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer and President Trump … following a veiled threat from the chairman of the FCC.

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