YOUNGSTOWN If you were hoping to watch Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late night television tonight, you’ll have to find it some other place than the ABC affiliate in Youngstown.

Nexstar Media Group announced Tuesday that its ABC affiliates, including WYTV in Youngstown, will continue to preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after the host's return to the air.

WYTV viewers will not be able to watch Kimmel’s late-night show, which returns Tuesday evening after a week-long suspension. The suspension followed comments Kimmel made in a monologue last week regarding the death of Charlie Kirk.

Nexstar said in a statement that it made the decision to preempt the show last week "following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel's 'ill-timed and insensitive' comments." The company stated it stands by that decision pending assurance that all parties are "committed to fostering an environment of respectful, constructive dialogue in the markets we serve."

Kimmel's comments were made after a man murdered Kirk, a conservative podcaster. Kimmel suggested in his monologue that Trump supporters were trying to capitalize on Kirk’s death and were "desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them."

The Walt Disney Co., the parent company of ABC, suspended Kimmel's show indefinitely on Sept. 17. Disney said in a statement Monday that it had suspended production to "avoid further inflaming a tense situation." After "thoughtful conversations" with Kimmel, the company announced the show would return Tuesday.

Nexstar stated that while its stations would continue to preempt the show, it would be available on multiple Disney-owned streaming products. The company also said its stations would continue to focus on producing local news and other programming.

Nexstar owns and partners with more than 200 stations in 116 U.S. markets, including WYTV and WKBN in Youngstown.

Sinclair Inc., which bills itself as the nation’s largest ABC affiliate group, has also suspended showings of Kimmel’s show.

More than 475 actors, comedians, directors, musicians, and writers published an open letter warning of free speech dangers in response to ABC’s suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

“ABC made the right call to return Jimmy Kimmel to air. It should never have suspended him to begin with and resisted the government’s desire to control what people say. Hopefully, other media outlets will also find their spines and resist the Trump administration's efforts to cudgel them into obeisance,” said ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero.