"With Jimmy Kimmel's show set to return to late night on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren had harsh words for two media groups, including one pursuing an unprecedented merger, declining to air his show. "This censorship of Kimmel reeks of corruption," the Massachusetts senator wrote on X. ABC ended Jimmy Kimmel's suspension Monday after he was initially suspended "indefinitely" last week in the wake of the shooting death of far-right activist Charlie Kirk."
"Sharing Tuesday's news, Warren noted that Nexstar "needs Donald Trump's approval for a $6 billion deal." Nexstar, which owns the country's largest local television broadcasting group reaching 220 million people, is set to acquire TEGNA, Nexstar announced last month. The $6.2 billion acquisition will put Nexstar in 80 percent of U.S. television households, the company said in a press release. Currently, companies are capped at reaching no more than 39 percent of TV households, according to the Federal Communications Commission."
Jimmy Kimmel's suspension was ended and he is set to return to late-night television on Tuesday. Two major groups of ABC affiliates, Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group, are refusing to air his return and together control about a quarter of ABC affiliates. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called the refusal censorship and linked Nexstar's pending $6.2 billion acquisition of TEGNA to concerns about media concentration. Nexstar says the deal would place its stations in 80 percent of U.S. television households, far above the Federal Communications Commission's 39 percent cap on broadcaster reach. Nexstar has said the acquisition needs regulatory approval.
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