Disney announced ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will return after controversy, but Nexstar and Sinclair station groups will continue preempting the show in key markets.

Proponents of a boycott of the Walt Disney Co. over its decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s show last week after pressure from the White House took a victory lap on Monday after the company decided to return the late-night host to the air.

The move follows conversations between the two sides to figure out how to defuse the situation that began with Kimmel's comments in the aftermath of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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

ABC said yesterday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return tonight, ending its “indefinite” suspension after six days. The Disney-owned network benched Jimmy Kimmel’s long-running late-night comedy show last week under pressure from FCC Chair Brendan Carr and station owners Nexstar and Sinclair,

The company said the remarks were “ill-timed and thus insensitive,” but the move followed threats from the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission to revoke ABC’s broadcast license, as well as pressure from major station groups Sinclair and Nexstar.

The recent “FCC intervention has made owning broadcasting licenses too expensive and too volatile for DIS shareholders, in our view,” Needham said.

Disney’s ABC said Wednesday it has pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely” following the late-night host’s comments Monday about the motivations of the man who authorities say fatally shot conservative activist Charlie Kirk. During his monologue Monday night, Kimmel criticized Republicans for how they responded to Kirk’s killing.

The letter was signed by several past and present stars of Disney-produced films, including Kathryn Hahn, Florence Pugh, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.