Nexstar, Sinclair bring Jimmy Kimmel's show
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Two major broadcast owners said today they will end preemption of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and the show will return this evening on their 70 ABC-affiliated stations covering nearly a quarter of U.S. households.
Yet Kimmel’s suspension also reflected something else: a flex by the broadcast-media companies Nexstar and Sinclair, which, over the past two decades, have acquired hundreds of local TV stations, and together own roughly 20 percent of all ABC affiliates.
Consumers are not only cancelling their Disney subscriptions, they’re boycotting the companies who advertise with affiliates owned by Nexstar and Sinclair.
Democratic lawmakers are demanding to know whether Nexstar and Sinclair removed "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to curry favor with the Trump administration.