() Sinclair Broadcast Group announced Thursday it will end its preemption of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and resume airing the ABC late-night show on its affiliates, citing “troubling acts of violence” and feedback from viewers and community leaders.

After Sinclair’s announcement, Nexstar Media Group, which owns and several ABC affiliates, also ended the show’s preemption following discussions with Walt Disney Company executives.

Sinclair, the nation’s largest ABC affiliate group, had been blocking the show since ABC resumed production Tuesday following a week-long suspension over what Disney called “ill-timed and insensitive” comments by Kimmel regarding the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

“Over the last week, we have received thoughtful feedback from viewers, advertisers, and community leaders representing a wide range of perspectives,” Sinclair said in a statement. “We have also witnessed troubling acts of violence, including the despicable incident of a shooting at an ABC affiliate station in Sacramento.”

Sinclair said its decision to restore the show was independent of government influence and emphasized broadcasters’ free speech rights to exercise editorial judgment.

“Free speech provides broadcasters with the right to exercise judgment as to the content on their local stations,” the company said in a press release. “While we understand that not everyone will agree with our decisions about programming, it is simply inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content.”

Sinclair said it proposed accountability measures to ABC during discussions, including a network-wide independent ombudsman, but acknowledged Disney has not adopted those suggestions.

Nexstar said it appreciated Disney’s “constructive approach to addressing our concerns.” In a statement, Nexstar emphasized its commitment to airing “fact-based and unbiased” content while serving as “stewards of the public airwaves.”

What did Jimmy Kimmel say?

FCC Chair Brendan Carr had urged local broadcasters to stop airing the show on ABC. Carr said that Kimmel’s suggestion that Kirk’s killer was MAGA-aligned would be “really, really sick” and that ABC, as a broadcast license-holder, needs to keep the public interest in mind.

During his show on Monday night, Kimmel said the country “hit some new lows over the weekend,” when the “MAGA gang desperately tried to characterize this kid who killed Kirk as anything other than one of them.”

The 57-year-old comedian, who has had a late-night show on ABC since 2003, accused Republicans of trying to “score political points” from Kirk’s death.

Kimmel then criticized President Trump after airing a video of the president taking a question about Kirk’s death. In the clip, Trump abruptly changes the subject to talk about a planned White House ballroom. Kimmel joked Trump was mourning Charlie Kirk “the way a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.”

Kirk, a 31-year-old Trump ally, was killed last week during an appearance at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, as he debated students with different political views. After a 33-hour manhunt, authorities arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson for the attack, which Utah Gov. Spencer Cox characterized as a political assassination.