Sinclair has announced its 38 ABC affiliates will not air Jimmy Kimmel Live! "Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming," Sinclair said in a statement Monday. Sinclair made its decision shortly after ABC said it was putting Kimmel's show back on the air. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday."