Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel returns to the television airwaves Sept. 23, a week after the Walt Disney Company suspended his show for flippant remarks he made surrounding the assassination of activist Charlie Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump.

Portlanders won’t see him. The local ABC affiliate, KATU-TV, is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which says it will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! amid “ongoing” conversations with the network about the show’s future.

Disney pulled Kimmel from the air after receiving pressure from the head of the Federal Communications Commission and the owners of local ABC affiliates. One of those ownership groups, Nexstar, is seeking FCC approval to purchase one of its competitors, Tegna—it has ample motivation to curry favor with Trump.

If the Nexsta

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