While Jimmy Kimmel is set to return on Tuesday from his ABC suspension, many Americans won’t be able to watch, as TV affiliate giants Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group have announced that they will refuse to air Jimmy Kimmel Live! Both the Sinclair and Nexstar ownership groups are conservative. Together, according to the New York Times, the two groups own more than 20% of local ABC affiliate stations. ABC suspended him following explicit threats from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who said, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”AdvertisementRelated VideoSinclair initially announced that it would replace Jimmy Kimmel Live! ABC and parent company Disney have also been under fire from the left for the handling of the Kimmel saga.