Los Angeles, Sept. 27 -- The late-night stalemate that swallowed a national time slot ended on Friday night, as the two largest owners of ABC affiliates said they would restore "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" to their schedules after more than a week of preemptions. The decision by Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group closed a bruising chapter that began with ABC's suspension of the show and morphed into a proxy fight over speech, politics, and who gets to set the boundaries of satire on broadcast television. Within hours of the announcements, industry wires reported a near uniform return across dozens of markets, a pivot that followed days of pressure from viewers, advertisers, and elected officials, and a ratings jolt that made the bla...