ABC Disney puts Kimmel back on air

Sinclair will continue to preempt show and show local news instead. They represent about 15% of the ABC stations.

Still waiting to hear from Nexstar who holds a slightly smaller amount of ABC stations. I would have been surprised if ABC would have done this without having either of these major affiliates on board. But at this point we do not know.

Of course, ABC was likely bending a knee to the violence that has surrounded their decision to take Kimmel off the air. ABC does own eight of their own stations, largely in the bigger markets where Kimmel probably garners a good portion of his ratings - New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, Fresno, and Raleigh (NC). But does a guy deserve to earn 15 million to provide a regional show that only caters to select areas?

Ironically, Sinclair owns the stations here in Seattle as well as Portland and Washington D.C. Boy are many people going to be disappointed when they tune in Tuesday night to see Kimmel's triumphant return, only to see a recast of the local nightly news.

Now it is possible that they come to some sort of agreement between now and then, but the fact that Sinclair is standing by their decision to not air Kimmel at this point, makes is clear that he is not thinking of apologizing or otherwise giving in to any of the demands in question. Either way, the future is not looking bright for Kimmel or late night television anymore. These personalities simply do not bring in the ratings that it takes to justify the huge salaries.