Jimmy Kimmel’s Return Marks a Battle Over Free Speech and Television Power0

• NEWS, PUBLIC FIGURE
• September 23, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel will step back onto ABC tonight, but not every household will see him. Across several markets, viewers will find something else on their local ABC affiliates the result of a brewing standoff between the network, conservative media activists, and powerful station groups like Sinclair and Nexstar. What might look like a simple programming