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Jimmy Kimmel to return to Nexstar and Sinclair's ABC affiliates Friday

The company claimed its decision to preempt the show was "independent of any government interaction or influence."

Axios

Sinclair and Nexstar end boycott of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and will air show again

The two station owners’ preemption of the late-night show left about 25% of TV viewers in the US unable to watch it

The Guardian - US

Sinclair reveals that it asked ABC to create a CBS-like ombudsman while backing down on Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Sinclair said that removing Kimmel was free speech itself and it’s “inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content.”

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Sinclair and Nexstar cave on Jimmy Kimmel boycott and will return show to ABC-owned stations immediately after Charlie Kirk flap

Kimmel’s return to most ABC stations Tuesday night saw his ratings more than triple

The Independent UK

Sinclair brings Jimmy Kimmel's show back to its ABC-affiliated stations, ending blackout

Sinclair Broadcast Group has decided to bring Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show back to its ABC affiliate stations

The Independent UK

Kimmel controversy highlights ‘wildly dangerous’ consolidation of TV broadcasting

Rush to ‘preempt’ Kimmel’s talkshow after FCC chair’s threats comes as broadcasters seek merger approvals

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback monologues are raking in millions of online views

A clip of Kimmel’s Tuesday night opening monologue has raked in more than 21 million views on YouTube in two days

The Independent UK

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Behind the fall and resurrection of Jimmy Kimmel is a $6.2 billion merger and the companies that serve rural, conservative audiences

FCC pressure and multibillion-dollar mergers aren’t even the full story. The future of linear TV is up for grabs.

Fortune

Shareholders Asking For All The Tea Over Jimmy Kimmel Suspension Decision As Disney Stock Numbers Fall

Disney shareholders have questions about Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

Cinemablend

Record ratings for Jimmy Kimmel's return despite ABC affiliates refusing to air show

Jimmy Kimmel Live! has tripled its average ratings - despite about a quarter of ABC stations in the US not airing the show's return.

Euronews

Kamala Harris Rips Business Leaders For 'Meal At The Foot Of A Tyrant' Over Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: 'An Agenda At Play…'

On Wednesday, former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized entertainment executives for bowing to political pressure in the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, warning that corporate interests may be trading free speech protections for favors from the Donald Trump administration.

Benzinga

6.2 million tune into Jimmy Kimmel's late-night return

The audience is especially impressive given that the program was not available to roughly 25% of ABC affiliates.

Axios

Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings hit 6.3 million despite ongoing boycott from local stations

Before being taken off the air, Kimmel’s show was averaging about 1.77 million viewers during the second quarter of this year

The Independent UK

Fox News host bizarrely claims Texas ICE shooting is ‘why Jimmy Kimmel needed to say I’m sorry’

Bill Hemmer said Jimmy Kimmel needed to call Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, and “talk to her”

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The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel comeback breaks his YouTube monologue views record

Preliminary figures show 6.26 million broadcast viewers and more than 15m views on YouTube in first 16 hours

The Guardian - US

With Kimmel’s suspension, the FCC chair made himself Trump’s chief of comedy

Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications Commission, is fulfilling the ‘authoritarian’s dream’ he once decried

International Business Times UK

Did Howard Stern's Fiery Protest 'Solve' the Jimmy Kimmel Issue? Whoopi Goldberg Leads 'The View' in Slamming ABC

Read how Howard Stern's fiery protest may have 'solved' the Jimmy Kimmel controversy, while Whoopi Goldberg led 'The View' hosts in slamming ABC over the show's suspension.

Euronews

Jimmy Kimmel returns: DeNiro cameos as Disney decides to up its prices

Jimmy Kimmel returned last night and delivered an opening monologue that earned him several standing ovations. He even had Robert DeNiro cameo for a skit about freedom of speech. Amid the suspension fallout, Disney announced a price hike of its streaming services. Talk about poor timing...

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International Business Times

TV Host Kimmel Says 'Anti-American' For Govt To Threaten Comedians

TV host Jimmy Kimmel defended free speech when he returned to US screens on Tuesday, calling government pressure on his late-night talk show "anti-American" as critics decried his suspension as an attack on constitutional rights.

Benzinga

Elizabeth Warren Says Kimmel Is Back But Many Americans Can't Watch Him: Senator Demands Answers On Business Deals That Need Trump Approval

On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) accused two of the nation's largest TV station owners of potential corruption for blocking Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show while seeking regulatory approval from the Donald Trump administration.

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Jimmy Kimmel Offers Tearful Apology For Charlie Kirk Statements Despite Claims He Wouldn’t

“If you like me, you like me; if you don’t, you don’t,” Jimmy Kimmel said before crying onstage following a 6-day suspension.

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel says silencing comedians is ‘anti-American’, as his show returns to air after suspension

The host’s monologue noted that the suspension of his late-night programme had ignited a national debate over free speech

The Independent UK

Jimmy Kimmel chokes up as he returns to live show: ‘It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man’

The late-night talk-show host was suspended ‘indefinitely’ last week after making comments about the death of MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk

International Business Times

Jimmy Kimmel Back On The Air, But Faces Partial Boycott

Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show will be back on the air in the United States Tuesday after a week-long hiatus following government pressure on broadcasters that critics said amounted to a chill on free speech.

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What Does Jimmy Kimmel’s First Instagram Post After Suspension Really Mean?

It's more than just a throwback pic.

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