Overview

• Kimmel told Stephen Colbert he received an ABC call around 3 p.m. on Sept. 17, roughly an hour before taping, informing him the broadcast would be pulled that night.
• The pause followed remarks about President Donald Trump and the killing of Charlie Kirk that drew conservative outrage and a warning from FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
• ABC restored Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Sept. 23, while Sinclair and Nexstar affiliates resumed carriage on Sept. 26 after initial preemptions and reported conditions that were later dropped.
• Coverage describes protests at Disney locations and reports of nearly two million Disney+ cancellations and a brief stock decline, figures not confirmed by a single official source.
• Reporting also notes Michael Eisner’s public rebuke of Bob Iger as a factor said to have influenced the reversal, with Trump allies and regulators threatening further scrutiny after the show returned.