Overview

• ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after Nexstar and Sinclair said they would not air the show, and multiple outlets report Disney and Kimmel are discussing a path back.
• FCC Chair Brendan Carr urged broadcasters to "take action" and warned of doing it "the easy way or the hard way," drawing a sharp rebuke from Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and praise from President Trump.
• The FCC’s lone Democrat, Anna Gomez, said the agency lacks authority to police content for political speech, calling ABC’s move corporate capitulation that endangers First Amendment principles.
• Hollywood figures, unions, and fans mounted protests and boycott calls targeting Disney, while former Disney CEO Michael Eisner criticized the company’s response as yielding to intimidation.
• AP reporting highlights the business pressures shaping decisions, including Disney’s recent regulatory probes and approvals and affiliates’ pending FCC matters, as tensions also manifested in shots fired at a Sacramento ABC affiliate building.