The blackout of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is midway over.
Sinclair, one of many two main station teams that preempted the ABC discuss present earlier this month, mentioned Friday that it’s going to convey the present again beginning that very same night.
Sinclair indicated in a press release that ABC didn’t settle for any of its proposals, just like the hiring of a “network-wide independent ombudsman.”
“As a company rooted in local stations, Sinclair remains committed to serving our communities with programming that reflects their priorities, earns their trust, and promotes constructive dialogue,” Sinclair mentioned in a press release. “We look forward to continuing to work with ABC to deliver content that serves a broad spectrum of our communities.”
The different main station group blacking out Kimmel, Nexstar, didn’t instantly reply to NCS’s request for remark about its plans.
On Thursday night time Kimmel made gentle of the preemptions in his monologue.
“Even though we are still being preempted in 60 American cities, on Tuesday, we had our second-highest rated show in almost 23 years on the air,” he mentioned. “Our monologue from Tuesday night has more than 21 million views just on YouTube alone. And I want to say, we couldn’t have done it without you, Mr. President. Thank you very much. We got the Trump bump, and we appreciate it.”
Liam Reilly contributed reporting. This is a creating story and will likely be up to date.