Sinclair Broadcasting has announced it will not be airing “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on its ABC affiliates and will replace the show with news programming, even though ABC has lifted Kimmel’s suspension.

The Hunt Valley-based broadcasting giant controls 178 stations across the country, 30 of which are ABC affiliates . WMAR, the Baltimore-area ABC affiliate, is not owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, though the company does own the local Fox station, WBFF (Fox45).

After Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s shooter and President Donald Trump’s response to Kirk’s murder, FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC’s license . “This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney,” Carr said on Wednesday, Sept. 17. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” Disney owns ABC.

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