Upstate Networks Briefly Take Jimmy Kimmel Off Air
By ERIC SANTOMAURO-STENZEL
UPSTATE NEW YORK
After Jimmy Kimmel’s weeknight show was briefly suspended by ABC following pressure from Federal Trade Commission Chair Brendan Carr, some local stations still refused to air the show for several days following ABC reinstating it. Impacted upstate TV stations included local affiliates of Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group. Among them were: Sinclair’s WHAM, Rochester and Nexstar’s WTEN, Albany; WSYR, Syracuse; WIVT, Binghamton; WBGH-CD, Binghamton; WUTR, Utica; and WWTI, Watertown. Sinclair and Nexstar announced on September 26 that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return to air on their affiliates.
Stations local to AllOtsego coverage areas, WUTR, Utica, and WTEN, Albany, declined to comment for this story, referring to Nexstar’s national statements.
On September 15, several days after the assassination of right-wing political figure Charlie Kirk, Kimmel drew ire from some on the right for comments in his monologue.
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