In 2019, Tribune merged with Nexstar Media Group, and WPIX was sold to the E. W. Scripps Company to keep Nexstar under regulatory national reach limits. Despite the sale, WPIX, along with those stations now owned by Nexstar, continued to all carry the traditional Yule Log presentation without any changes in 2019. In 2020, Nexstar Media Group's partner company, Mission Broadcasting exercised their option to buy WPIX. The sale was approved by the FCC on December 1, 2020 and was completed on December 30, effectively reuniting the station with most of the former Tribune stations bought directly by Nexstar. It is unknown if the program will continue on WPIX under the ownership of Mission Broadcasting and Nexstar Media Group.