For Jimmy Kimmel, apologies and absolving his sins could be a part of his unexpected and sudden return to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday. In a post to social media platform X, the Baltimore-headquartered company said that “beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! 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. And, it comes after Sinclair Inc. stations abandoned their plan Friday to pre-empt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” with a self-produced tribute to the slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, the individual at the center of a firestorm regarding Kimmel, who made factless comments about Kirk in his September 15 monologue. The tribute broadcast was seen across the weekend on Sinclair stations; Sinclair’s ABC affiliates on Friday stuck with network programming put in place in lieu of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” possibly to abide by network affiliation accords between ABC and Sinclair.