Sinclair is putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air on its 38 ABC TV stations, after preempting his late-night TV show in protest over Kimmel’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer.

Sinclair said in a statement that it will end its preemption of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and the show will return Friday evening on Sinclair’s ABC affiliates. The Sept. 26 airing of the show is a rerun of Tuesday’s show , featuring Kimmel’s return after ABC temporarily suspended him.

“While we understand that not everyone will agree with our decisions about programming, it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content,” Sinclair said.

Sinclair’s ABC stations include WJLA (Washington, D.C.), KOMO (Seattle), KDNL (St. Louis), KATV (Little Rock, Ark.), KTU

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