Sinclair will continue to pre-empt ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! with news broadcasts on its 30 affiliate stations, the television operator said Monday.

Kimmel’s show, Disney announced earlier that afternoon, would return to the air on Tuesday night following what it had described as an “indefinite” hiatus amid government pressure on Kimmel for his comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Sinclair, however, has stayed firm, saying it would continue discussions with ABC on the possibility of airing Kimmel’s show.

Sinclair and Nexstar, another television operator that has been preempting Kimmel’s show, control a little more than 20 percent of ABC affiliates, according to research firm BIA Advisory Services. It’s unclear whether Nexstar intends to follow Sinclair’s lead; neither has respon

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