Sinclair Broadcast Group announced it will preempt "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" across its ABC affiliate stations starting Tuesday night, replacing the show with news programming, according to statements released via X on September 23rd, 2025, between 12:01 AM and 12:06 AM UTC. Discussions between Sinclair and ABC regarding the potential return of Kimmel's show are ongoing. This decision impacts the broadcast of Jimmy Kimmel's show on multiple ABC-affiliated stations owned by Sinclair. The company stated that they are evaluating the show's potential return to their airwaves. No specific reasons were provided for the preemptions in the statements. In unrelated news from the reporting window, former acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan stated during an interview with Laura Ingraham, in response to a question about cash received from an undercover FBI agent, that he "did nothing criminal or illegal." This exchange was noted by user Acyn on X at 11:36:32 PM UTC.
