Nexstar announced on Sept. 17 that its owned and partner television stations affiliated with Disney's ABC television network would cease carrying "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" for the foreseeable future. The company cited Kimmel's comments, namely his false suggestion that the homosexual leftist arrested for allegedly assassinating Charlie Kirk is a Trump supporter and a member of the MAGA movement.

'We stand by that decision.'

This was a consequential move, not only because Nexstar owns 32 ABC affiliates out of a total of 200 stations but because this got the ball rolling for Sinclair Broadcast Group to follow suit and ABC to announce that it was suspending the poorly performing show.

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