Sinclair has announced it is ending its preemption of " Jimmy Kimmel Live! " The broadcast group, which owns more than 30 ABC affiliate stations, according to its website, announced Friday afternoon that the show will return to the airwaves on its ABC affiliate stations starting Friday evening.

Sinclair and Nexstar, the two major station groups that preempted the talk show earlier this month, are allowing the show to return to their ABC-affiliated stations on Friday evening.

Sinclair has agreed to stop preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! and will allow the show to resume airing on its ABC affiliates, the company announced Friday afternoon. A few hours later, Nextar joined them in putting Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show back on the schedule.

The long-term relationship between Nexstar, Sinclair, and Disney’s ABC television network depends a lot on how late-night host Jimmy Kimmel responds to the controversy surrounding his