BREAKING Station Owner That Silenced Jimmy Kimmel Returns Him To The Air!

A broadcast station owner that took “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” said that the show will return Friday night on the company’s ABC affiliates.





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Episode Transcript

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Good News for Lefties and America. Hello, and welcome to
a special breaking news edition of Good News for Lefties.
I'm your host, Beowulf Rockland. Jimmy Kimmel's late night show
will return Friday to Sinclair's ABC affiliates, ending more than
a week of blackouts that underscored a growing clash over

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media freedom in the Trump era. Sinclair had pulled the
plug on Jimmy Kimmel Live after the comedian criticized Republican's
response to the assassination of activist Charlie Kirk, a move
that sparked outrage from lawmakers, free speech advocates, and millions
of viewers. Kimmel's comeback episode earlier this week drew more

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than six million viewers despite the blackout, signaling the program's
cultural reach and the public's appetite for voices unafraid to
challenge power. In its announcement, Sinclair insisted its programming decisions
were independent of any government interaction. The critics note the

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timing coincides with the company's pursuit of merger deals that
required Trump's FCC approval. Four Democratic lawmakers have since opened
a probe into Sinclair and Nextstar. The nation's two largest
owners of ABC affiliates to determine whether political considerations factored

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into their censorship of Kimmel's show. Together, the two station
groups control about seventy ABC channels nationwide, giving them immense
power over which national voices reach local audiences. Disney, which
owns ABC, had briefly suspended Kimmel before quickly resuming production.

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Since then, the host has sought to clarify his remarks,
stressing that his intent was to call out political opportunism,
not minimize Kirk's killing. In his return broadcast, Kimmel defended
free expression, mocked President Trump's attempt to weaponize outrage, and
reminded his viewers that the very existence of shows like

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his is proof of democratic resilience. Whether Next Star will
lift its ban remains unclear, but Sinclair's reversal marks of
victory for those fighting creeping censorship in American media. By
bringing Kimmel back on the air, the network has delivered
a signal, however, reluctant, that public demand for sharp, independent

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voices cannot be silenced so easily. For progressives, it is
a reassuring moment, even under pressure. Creative dissent and truth
telling still find their way back onto the nation's screens.
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