Overview

• Kabas reported more than 1.7 million paid cancellations across Disney+, Hulu and ESPN between September 17 and 23, the week Jimmy Kimmel Live! was off the air.
• The cancellations followed viral calls to drop Disney-owned streaming services after ABC pulled Kimmel following his remarks about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
• ABC reinstated Kimmel six days after the suspension, and major affiliate groups Nexstar and Sinclair later resumed airing the show after initial preemptions.
• Disney has stopped disclosing service-level subscriber counts, complicating independent verification of the reported cancellations.
• Kimmel’s return drew 6.3 million viewers on Tuesday before settling to about 2.3 million by Thursday, compared with a prior average near 1.77 million.