Sinclair Broadcast Group revealed that it won’t air “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on its ABC affiliate stations –despite Disney’s decision to bring back the late-night talk show beginning Tuesday.

“Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!‘ across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming,” Sinclair, which has the nation’s largest number of the network’s affiliate stations, posted on X on Monday.

Sinclair ABC affiliate stations will be preempting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” amid continued negotiations with ABC. Getty Images

“Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return,” the group announced.

Kimmel, whose show was pulled following his controversial comments about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, negotia

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