Update (1135ET): Nexstar on Tuesday said that it would join Sinclair Inc. - another large owner of ABC affiliates - in preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! tonight, after ABC parent company Walt Disney Co. said Kimmel would return to hosting duties following his temporary suspension for lying about the suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination. 

The preemptions involve more than 20% of the US market, Bloomberg reports. 

Hours after 400 artists signed an ACLU letter in response to Jimmy Kimmel's firing, the late-night host's 'indefinite termination' for propaganda surrounding the Charlie Kirk assassination has been turned into a week's vacation.

According to Variety, Disney and ABC are bringing the comedian back to its schedule Tuesday night. 

"Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country.  It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive," the company said in a statement. "We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday."