Overview

• Disney and ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! on September 17 after major affiliate groups Nexstar and Sinclair said they would not air the show, then reinstated it on September 23 with affiliates resuming on September 26.
• Carr has agreed to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee about his comments, though no hearing date is set due to the government shutdown.
• On a conservative podcast, Carr said Disney could handle the situation “the easy way or the hard way,” language critics viewed as leveraging FCC authority over stations.
• A new Economist/YouGov poll shows Kimmel at +3 net favorability versus President Donald Trump at −13, and his return drew 6.3 million viewers with a widely viewed comeback monologue.
• The suspension triggered protests at Disney facilities, reports of nearly two million Disney+ cancellations, and a decline in Disney’s stock before the show’s rapid return.