Columbus Viewers Remain โin โthe dark โas ABC 6 Chooses Not to Airโ ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Return
Columbus,OH โฃ- localโข ABC affiliate WSYX-ABC 6 will not broadcast the return of Jimmy Kimmel live! on โขTuesday,September 24,joining a growing number of stations preempting the show following a brief production suspension and controversy surrounding host Jimmy Kimmel’s recent monologue. The decision byโฃ station owner Sinclair โขBroadcast group leaves Columbus-areaโค viewersโข without local access to โthe late-night programme.
The move comes after Disney, the parent company of ABC, announced itโ woudl reinstate Jimmy Kimmelโฃ Live! following “thoughtful conversations” with Kimmel regarding comments โฃdeemedโฃ “ill-timed andโ thus insensitive” in the โขwake of ongoing national events. Despite Disney’s decision to bring the show back, Sinclair, โคwhich owns โor operates 38 ABC affiliates, statedโ it โwould replace โ Jimmy Kimmel Live! with โnews programming. Nextstar Media, owner of WCMH-TV NBCโ 4, has also confirmed its ABC affiliates will not airโค theโค show.
“Beginningโ Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preemptingโ Jimmy kimmel โฃLive! โ across our ABC โaffiliate stationsโข and replacing it with news programming,” Jessica Bellucci, aโ spokesperson for sinclair, said in a September 22 email to The Dispatch. “Discussions with ABCโฃ areโค ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return.”
Jimmy Kimmel Live! โคtypically airs weekdays at 11:35 p.m. eastern. Viewers in columbus will need toโข exploreโ alternative options, such as streaming or watching on โABC stations in othre markets, to โขview the program.
