Millions of Americans are set to miss Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night TV on Tuesday, as two major owners of local ABC stations said that they still plan not to air the show.

Nexstar announced today that it is joining Sinclair in continuing their previous plans to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely. Together, the two companies own more than 23 percent of local TV stations that are affiliated with ABC’s national programming. Viewers relying on those stations will instead have to settle for local news.

Nexstar’s announcement comes a day after Disney, which owns ABC, said the late-night talk show would return on Tuesday . The show had been suspended last week following comments Kimmel made after the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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