Jimmy Kimmel may be returning to late-night after his ABC suspension was lifted, but whether viewers can watch him will depend on their local station. ABC affiliates owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group and Netstar still plan to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! when the host returns on Tuesday.

Sinclair, which owns the largest number of ABC affiliates among station groups, issued the following statement: “Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return.”

Meanwhile, Nexstar’s statement said: “We made a decision last week to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s ‘ill-timed and insensit

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