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Sinclair Inc. will still not air Jimmy Kimmel Live! on its 38 ABC affiliate stations even after Disney struck a deal for his return.

While speaking with ABC10 on Monday, Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho stated that his office believes the shooting of ABC10’s building last Friday had “a political motive” and stated that the suspected shooter had a note in his vehicle

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) condemned Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr for suggesting the agency could take action against ABC and its affiliates over comments made by Jimmy Kimmel, saying the threats violate the First Amendment and demanding Carr provide written responses by the end of this week.

Monday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Disney ending the suspension of comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show meant  that ABC was on the “right side now.”

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Monday accused Democrats of “projection and distortion,” noting that Democrats in the Biden administration, in Congress, and elsewhere have demanded that the agency censor disfavored television networks and “everyday Americans.”

Longtime radio shock jock Howard Stern says “I feel for” Jimmy Kimmel and ABC after ABC broadcast affiliates Nexstar and Sinclair removed “Jimmy Kimmel Live” from their stations following his mendacious remarks, saying conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer is part of “the MAGA gang.” 

It’s been a full week since Jimmy Kimmel lied about Charlie Kirk’s accused assassin being a Trump supporter, and that lie has still not been retracted. 

Several Marvel stars and other Hollywood celebrities have come out to demand a boycott of Disney over ABC’s decision to suspend radical, left-wing Democrat Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show.

Actor Mark Ruffalo, a longtime Marvel superhero movie star, didn’t mince words warning that Disney’s stock could nosedive after the company suspended Jimmy Kimmel following his fallacious comments calling Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer part of “the MAGA gang.”

The boycott of Disney branded properties, its streaming services Disney+ and Hulu, is widening as customers seek to punish the Bob Iger-run company after ABC broadcast affiliates Nexstar and Sinclair removed Jimmy Kimmel Live from their stations following his mendacious remarks about the man who assassinated conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk. 

Damon Lindelof, Hollywood producer and one of the creators of the hit show ‘Lost,’ is threatening to quit ABC/Disney over Jimmy Kimmel.

Sen. Jon Ossoff’s (D-GA) campaign said that the Trump administration threatened ABC’s broadcast license, claiming that Jimmy Kimmel’s statement that the Charlie Kirk assassination may have been part of the “MAGA gang” was “political satire.”

Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings have been in the toilet for years, but just like his fellow liars and fabulists at CNN, he somehow managed to drive them even lower.

According to the far-left Hollywood Reporter, the only person who got Jimmy Kimmel suspended was Jimmy Kimmel.

Thursday on MSNBC’s “The Beat,” comedian D. L. Hughley said the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel is government-run “cancel culture.”

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) claimed Democrats were investigating the Trump administration’s role in ABC suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

Wednesday on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” commentator Bill O’Reilly said the suspension of  Jimmy Kimmel was not about “censorship,” but about “responsibility.”

Former “Late Show” host-turned Netflix talk show host David Letterman launched an unhinged tirade on Thursday, calling Jimmy Kimmel’s “Live” broadcast being pulled off the air indefinitely evidence of companies attempting to “suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office.”

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Jimmy Kimmel should have been fired “a long time ago” after the late-night host’s show was shelved indefinitely on Wednesday.

Former ESPN anchor Keith Olbermann told Sinclair Broadcasting Group to “burn in hell” alongside slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

President Donald Trump responded to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday after ABC and its parent company Disney pulled the late-night program, coinciding with the resurfacing of a years-old tweet from Charlie Kirk that dismissed the host.

Sinclair Broadcasting Group, the nation’s largest ABC affiliate group, has suspended all broadcasts of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show while calling on ABC and FCC to “take additional action.” 

FCC chair Brendan Carr said Nexstar did “the right thing” suspending broadcasts of Jimmy Kimmel’s show after he suggested the assassin of conservative commenator Charlie Kirk may have been a Trump supporter. 

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) argued that Jimmy Kimmel’s indefinite suspension was thanks to government pressure and “I’m sure there will be lawsuits about this and there ought to be, right away.”

ABC, Disney, and broadcast affiliate Nexstar are pulling Jimmy Kimmel from all of their stations in response to the left-wing TV host’s shocking remarks about the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Kimmel’s comments are “offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse,” Nexstar said, stressing its desire to “move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue.”

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Wednesday threatened action against late night television host Jimmy Kimmel, as well as Disney and ABC, after Kimmel said that that Charlie Kirk’s assassin may have been part of the “MAGA gang.”

Former vice president and two-time presidential contest loser Kamala Harris is set to return to ABC’s ‘The View’ next Tuesday.

Beni Rae Harmony, a reporter with WICS ABC Newschannel 20 in Illinois, resigned from her job this week after being suspended for paying a non-partisan tribute to Charlie Kirk.

A Facebook post by Houston’s ABC13 news station announcing President Donald Trump’s plan to award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom ignited a wave of vitriolic reactions. Hundreds of leftist commenters openly celebrate the conservative speaker’s assassination and mock

On Tuesday, ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas reported on a ridealong he took with federal agents doing enforcement actions in Chicago as part of Operation Midway Blitz and stated that “the focus today was arresting alleged violent criminals,” and

The Center for American Rights, a conservative watchdog group, has filed an FCC complaint against ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for engaging in “unlawful politicking” and breaking the network’s broadcast licensing rules.

The Broadway play “Oh Mary!,” about Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Abraham Lincoln, is reimagining Mary Todd as a raging alcoholic with cabaret dreams and the iconic U.S. president is portrayed as an “evil, closeted gay man.”

ABC’s “The View” co-host Ana Navarro called on legendary singer Gloria Gaynor to reject President Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center Honor, declaring the president “a stain on the prestige and significance of the KCH,” exclaiming, “Don’t do it, Gloria!”

HBO host Bill Maher ripped the all-female hosted ABC daytime talk show, “The View,” as unhelpful for both Democrats and women.

Rosie O’Donnell has predicted that ABC might cancel The View, a show she previously hosted, to appease President Trump.