Overview
- In an excerpt of a Fox News interview, Erika Kirk said Sinclair asked if she wanted a personal apology from Jimmy Kimmel or a show appearance, which she rejected unless it was genuinely heartfelt.
- Sinclair said it proposed accountability steps to ABC, including a network-wide independent ombudsman, and noted Disney has not adopted the measures.
- Kimmel was briefly suspended in September after a monologue that referenced the “MAGA gang,” as major affiliate groups Nexstar and Sinclair preempted his program.
- Upon returning to air, Kimmel delivered an extended monologue stating he never intended to make light of Charlie Kirk’s killing or to blame a specific group.
- The full Erika Kirk interview is scheduled to air Nov. 5 on Fox News, following short-lived affiliate preemptions and subsequent discussions that restored Kimmel’s show.