DC-Area Viewers Scramble to Find Ways to Watch Jimmy Kimmel’s Return to the Airwaves

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But viewers in the Washington area won’t be able to see the show’s return on local ABC affiliate WJLA because it is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the Maryland company that announced it will preempt the broadcast. But, general manager Rob Heim tells Washingtonian, “Unfortunately, due to broadcasting restrictions and legal considerations, we won’t be able to air the segment tonight. Could a local Kimmel fan (or a person interested in what the host might say upon his return) watch anyway? Someone who has a VPN, for instance, could conceivably set a different location for themselves and watch via ABC’s site. “The programming a YouTube TV subscriber sees is determined by the local ABC station,” a spokesperson for that over-the-top live-TV streaming service tells Washingtonian.