Kimmel didn’t hold back with his response, noting in his monologue, “Vice President Maybelline was making the rounds attempting to defends his boss [Donald Trump] and the chairman of the FCC [Brendan Carr] with a new fairytale even a five year old wouldn’t believe.”

Nexstar has announced the end of its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show, returning 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to the air after pulling it from its ABC affiliates on Sept. 17. The move comes hours after Sinclair announced the same.

Nexstar seems to be leveraging the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” controversy to its advantage as it makes its move to formally acquire Tegna in 2026.

As it announced Friday that it would return Jimmy Kimmel Live! to the air on its stations nationwide, Nexstar told its staff that the station group’s benching of the ABC late-night show was not “a violation of the First Amendment.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!" averaged 2.3 million total viewers on Thursday for a staggering 64% drop compared to the 6.5 million who tuned in for the host’s much-hyped return.

Jimmy Fallon is “keeping his head down” during late-night TV’s battle with the Trump administration, the notoriously apolitical host said Tuesday, as he reiterated he wouldn’t be trading shots with the president no matter how many times he threatens to have his show axed.