Local TV stations refuse to remove Jimmy Kimmel

Local TV stations say it will not broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live! Although the Disney-owned ABC rewrites the comedy actor late at night-a week after commenting on comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kerk.

Nexstar and Sinclair, who are doing dozens of ABC stations together, said they will continue to replace the offer with regular programming on Tuesday.

“The statements of Mr. Kimmil were inappropriate and not very sensitive at a critical moment for our country,” said Senkler’s Vice President Jason Smith.

The liberal comedic actor’s width was extracted from the air last week after Monoluji about the shooting of Kirk causing a stir.

Nextstar, one of the largest owners of TV stations in the United States, said in a statement on Tuesday: “After what ABC referred to to Mr. Kimmel’s comments” unlimited and not sensitive “at a critical time in our national speech.

“We stand by this decision, pending the assertion that all parties are committed to strengthening an environment of respectable constructive dialogue in the markets that we serve.”

NexStar is currently trying to close a $ 6.2 billion deal to gain its rival Tegna, which requires a green light from the FBC, an American broadcast regulator.

Earlier on Monday, Senkler said he would “rule out Jimmy Kimmel Live! Via our ABC stations and replace them with news programming.”

“Discussions with ABC are continuing with an assessment of the potential return of the offer,” he said in a statement.

NexStar and SINCLAIR are controlled together in more than 20 % of ABC TV stations, according to the New York Times.

Jimmy Kimmel posted online for the first time since he was removed from the air, as he shares an image on his Instagram with the late TV writer and activist Norman Lear.

Lear, who created comic series in the family, Jefferson and Moud, was known to confront societal issues in his shows.

Tuesday episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Hollywood representative will include Glenn Powell in addition to many well -known celebrities, according to ABC.

British singer Yungblud will be the music guest in the Kimmel return episode.

Kim said in Monuhouj on September 15 that US President Donald Trump and his allies were “strongly trying to describe this child who killed Charlie Kerk as anything other than one of them” and trying to “score political points from him.”

Trump’s response to the murder of the influencer was also likened to “How a four -year -old is barking of a golden fish.”

Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee, which was appointed by Trumpand Kimmel was accused of misleading viewers because officials said that the 22 -year -old was accused of killing Kirk in Utah, “he was deeply canceled with left -wing ideology.”

Disney, which owns the American broadcast network broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live! , I announced on Monday that the show will return.

He said that the show was suspended because “some of the comments were not specific and therefore not sensitive.”

“We have spent the last days of studied talks with Jimmy, and after these talks, we reached the decision to re -show on Tuesday,” Disney said.

Jimmy Kimmel’s return to the air waves coincides with the rise in prices on four Disney stream plans.

The comic suspension followed the threats made by the federal television organizer to cancel the broadcast license from ABC, which caused a discussion in the country.

Critics criticized this step as censorship and attacked ABC and its mother company Disney for appearing to bend to pressure the Trump administration.

On Monday, hundreds of celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston, Mierell Streep, and Robert de Nero, signed a letter supporting Kimmel, describing his comment as “a dark moment for freedom of expression in our nation.”

Trump welcomed Kimmel’s comment and indicated that some TV networks should have “coverage” licenses for the negative coverage of the White House.

On Friday, the police arrested a man to shoot a rifle in the lobby of ABC News in Sacramento, California.

Federal public prosecutors found a note in his car saying “They are the following”, the investigators said they believed that the Trump administration officials.