Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC tonight, but not on Central Arkansas stations

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Comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show will return to ABC Tuesday night but will not air on Little Rock’s KATV-Channel 7. When Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC tonight, viewers in Central Arkansas won't get to see him because Sinclair, the company that owns KATV Ch. Still, many ABC stations will not be airing the program. “Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return,” Sinclair said in a statement.