'“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” returns to ABC on Sept. 23 from a brief-but-contentious hiatus, but not all viewers in South Carolina will be able to see the late-night show.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, the owner of ABC affiliates in Charleston, the Upstate and Pee Dee, plans to show something other than Kimmel. They are being joined by Nexstar Media Group.

Immediately before the decision last week to suspend Kimmel and his show, Sinclair and Nexstar said they would pull the show from its ABC stations across the country. They aren’t backing down with the show’s announced returned.

“Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming,” Sinclair said in a post to social media . “Discussions with ABC are on

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