After more than a weeklong suspension, Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show is returning to viewers in Salt Lake City.

Nexstar Media Group, which owns ABC4 and over 200 stations nationwide, announced it is returning “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to its ABC affiliated stations starting Friday night.

In a statement announcing the decision Friday, the company said its remains committed to protecting the First Amendment while airing news that is “fact-based and unbiased.”

“To be clear, our commitment to those principles has guided our decisions throughout this process, independent of any external influence from government agencies or individuals,” Nexstar said.

Both Nexstar and another ABC affiliate owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group — and then The Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC — decided to pull

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