The ABC broadcaster had completely released the Kimmel Show after Sinclair, as well as the other partner company Nexstar, refused to further radiate the show. Sinclair and Nexstar together have around 25 percent of the local stations of the ABC station network. On Friday, Nexstar initially did not comment on whether Kimmel takes it back into his program or stays with his boycott.
Sinclair and Nexstar had decided their dismissal of the Kimmel Show after the head of the media supervisory authority, Brendan Carr, obviously threatened with the withdrawal of broadcasting licenses when the Kimmel Show continued. The suspension of the show then caused outrage and criticism to right -wing circles. The decision was also sharply criticized by the Republican Senator Ted Cruz, an ally of President Donald Trump.
The ABC mother group Disney then carried out a turning turn and put Kimmel back into the program. In his first broadcast after the temporary suspension, the satirist and moderator said “to silence a comedian that the president does not like, is anti-American”. The government should not control “what we say on television and what is not”.
Kimmel is a sharp -tongued critic of Trump. The president had welcomed the removal of the Kimmel Show as a “great message” and then sharply criticized his return to the program.
Kimmel had caused anger in the Trump camp with his statements about the fatal assassination attempt on the ultra-right activists and podcaster. Shortly after the attack, he had accused the Trump camp of exploiting the crime for his political goals.
