JUST IN TO THE TVND.Com NEWSROOM:

Variety.com reports that Disney/ABC will return  ”Jimmy Kimmel Live” to its regular time slot of 11:35pm Eastern tomorrow night (Tuesday, September 23rd.) Disney’s statement says, as quoted by Variety, “We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

No immediate word on whether Nexstar or Sinclair’s ABC affiliates will be carrying the show, though some people have speculated that the reason Sinclair did not air its promised tribute to Charlie Kirk last Friday night over those ABC stations was because of some potential contract issues with ABC over the pre-emption. The tribute was distributed via YouTube instead.

As details emerge, we will be back with more analysis of what it means and whether our previous column today, “The is the Fate of the Network” was prescient or not…

Stay tuned.

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