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After writers protested ABC’s suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for days, the network brought the late-night show back on air.

Sinclair Broadcast Group is ending its preemption of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

The question of whether the statue will be allowed to be replaced comes in the midst of a fierce debate about free speech in America that was kicked off by ABC’s suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after the comedian weighed in on the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Hours before Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC’s airwaves, Roseanne Barr directed a message at the recently suspended late-night host: “Gee Jimmy, if you would have defended me, maybe this wouldn’t have happened to ya.”

Direct pressure from the White House was the immediate catalyst for ABC’s decision to briefly pull the plug on Kimmel.