Two major TV station owners, Sinclair Broadcasting and Nexstar, announced on Friday that they are returning "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to their ABC stations, ending the preemption of the late-night show over remarks host Jimmy Kimmel had made following the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk .

Sinclair said in a statement that the show will air on its ABC affiliates tonight, and a few hours later later, Nextar announced it is doing so as well. Sinclair owns 38 ABC stations across the U.S. and Nextar owns 33.

Disney's ABC brought Kimmel's show back on Tuesday following a six-day suspension, but stations owned by Sinclair and Nexstar — about a quarter of the network's affiliates — had continued to air other programming in that time slot instead.

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