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At least he has good taste in newspapers. Jimmy Kimmel, who was suspended from his late-night show in September over his inflammatory comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer, is featured in next month’s Vanity Fair holding the very edition of The New York Post that trumpeted his on-air return. The late-night host was photographed holding the […]
Disney+ and Hulu subscription cancellations rose during the month that ABC briefly cancelled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ” according to data from subscription analytics company Antenna. Walt Disney owns the streaming platforms and ABC. ABC pulled the show off the air for less than a week in September in the wake of criticism over his comments related the […]
More than 1.7 million paid subscribers of Disney streaming apps including Disney+, Hulu and ESPN cancelled their memberships over a six-day period following ABC’s suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, according to a report. The cancellations were recorded between Sept. 17-23, according to The Handbasket newsletter, which was the first to report the figures. The […]
Viewers of local TV stations run by broadcast giants Nexstar and Sinclair can expect to see Jimmy Kimmel on their screens again soon – whether they like his jokes or not, media insiders told The Post. Indeed, it’s likely only a matter of days before both the two companies that own dozens of ABC affiliate […]
File photo: “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Randy Holmes | Disney General Entertainment Content | Getty Images “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” returned to air Tuesday night, generating 6.26 million total viewers despite significant preemptions across 23% of U.S. TV households, according to data from Nielsen shared by Disney. This viewership is exponentially higher than average. During the 2024-2025 season, a […]
The long-term relationship between broadcasters Nexstar and Sinclair and Disney’s ABC television network depends a lot on how late-night host Jimmy Kimmel responds to the controversy surrounding his remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Whether these two companies, which own 60 of the network’s affiliates across the country, believe the comedian shows some degree of contrition for […]
Disney CEO Bob Iger moved to put late-night host Jimmy Kimmel back on the air after he was “stung” by criticism from his old boss Michael Eisner, whom he “loathes,” according to a report. Iger, who is said to have a reputation for having a “thin skin,” relented on Monday and gave the green light […]
Disney plans to bring “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” back to air on ABC’s broadcast network beginning on Tuesday, the company said in a statement. The decision was announced nearly a week after ABC said it was suspending the late night show indefinitely. The network had pulled the show days after the host made comments linking the […]
Where does a joke end? The last decision an artist makes is deciding when a piece is finished, when one more brushstroke might ruin the painting. When it comes to the freedom of expression, the right wing in America has dropped the curtain. The right’s podcasters, TV stars, agency heads, and presidents have decided that […]
An “incredibly pissed” Jimmy Kimmel failed to make a deal with his Disney bosses Thursday to return to the air — still balking at their push for him to publicly apologize for his Charlie Kirk remarks, sources say. The furious ABC late-show host went to his lawyer’s office in Los Angeles that afternoon for a […]
