Its good news and bad news for “ Jimmy Kimmel Live! ”

Though Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air tonight, that’s not the case for a large portion of the U.S., as the Sinclair Broadcast Group is standing firm in its decision to preempt the show.

“Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming,” the company said in a statement Monday, per The Hollywood Reporter . “Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return.”

The Walt Disney Co., on the other hand, decided Monday that the show will return to the air after being suspended for almost a week.

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation a

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