"It seems all who conspired against Kimmel have now taken an L. Last week, Jimmy Kimmel Live! was taken off the air "indefinitely" after FCC chair Brendan Carr made threatening remarks on a podcast. Carr was upset at a monologue joke that he took as saying Charlie Kirk's killer was MAGA. On the pod, Carr mentioned ABC and its affiliates need FCC licenses to operate, saying, "We can do this the easy way or the hard way.""
"The next day, Nexstar said it would be preempting JKL!, followed closely by Sinclair pledging the same. Then ABC said it was suspending the show indefinitely, only to reinstate Kimmel a week later to his best ratings ever. Carr distanced himself from the whole thing shortly after, and now both Sinclair and Nexstar have undone their boycott. Trump is still pretty miffed, though."
Nexstar announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to its ABC-affiliated stations, though the initial airing is a rerun of Tuesday's record-setting episode. The show was pulled after FCC chair Brendan Carr reacted to a monologue and made a podcast remark about ABC needing licenses, saying, "We can do this the easy way or the hard way." Nexstar and Sinclair initially preempted the program, and ABC suspended it, then reinstated Kimmel a week later amid his highest ratings. Carr later distanced himself, and both broadcasters reversed their boycotts; Trump remained upset.
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