Nexstar and Disney try to resolve their points over Jimmy Kimmel Reside.
Together with the FCC, native TV big Nexstar was on the forefront of the backlash towards Jimmy Kimmel Reside following the late night time host’s feedback final week concerning the homicide of Charlie Kirk. And forward of Jimmy Kimmel Reside’s return to ABC’s lineup on Tuesday, Nexstar introduced it could proceed to preempt this system.
Nonetheless, now, the corporate is engaged in discussions with Disney.
“Nexstar is continuous to guage the standing of Jimmy Kimmel Reside! on our ABC-affiliated native tv stations, and the present shall be preempted whereas we accomplish that,” the corporate mentioned in a press release. “We’re engaged in productive discussions with executives at The Walt Disney Firm, with a give attention to making certain this system displays and respects the various pursuits of the communities we serve.”
Sinclair, one other massive proprietor of native TV associates, additionally preempted Jimmy Kimmel Reside on its stations on Tuesday. The corporate hasn’t responded to a request for remark.
Regardless of Jimmy Kimmel Reside being preempted on each Nexstar and Sinclair associates, the late night time host anticipated huge scores in his return to the airwaves on Tuesday. Reuters reported that Kimmel’s new monologue had greater than 17 million views on Google’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram as of Wednesday afternoon.
