On Friday, Sinclair had planned to replace the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” timeslot on its ABC-affiliated stations with a special news segment on Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was assassinated earlier this month.
But the TV station group owner abruptly reversed course — saying it had decided to post the Kirk special on YouTube, not on its ABC local stations, so that “viewers can continue to enjoy ABC programming.” On Friday, the 11:35 p.m. one-hour slot on ABC was a rerun of “Celebrity Family Feud” hosted by Steve Harvey. ABC also ran “Celebrity Family Feud” eps on Sept. 17 and 18 after “indefinitely” suspending Kimmel’s show over on-air comments he made
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