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 1.7 million cancellations represented a 436% increase above baseline subscriber churn, according to the report. 4 Disney’s decision to suspend ...

The cancellation of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” by ABC and Disney stirred the broadcast industry, with competitors seizing the moment amid growing political unrest.Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesThe decision by the American Broadcasting Company (“ABC”) and its parent entity, the Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) to suspend production of Emmy-winning late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” caused a ripple effect in the broadcast industry, already strained with political friction. With big broth ...

72 hours after Disney announced the Jimmy Kimmel would get his show back, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media said on Sept. 26 that they would resume airing "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" after initially refusing to do so. Jimmy Kimmel attends the 28th Annual UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation's "Taste for a Cure" event at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 2, 2025. Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center FoundationSinclair, the nation's largest ABC station operato ...

Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) on Friday said “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to the company’s owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network. This comes just three days after media and entertainment giant Disney (DIS) revoked ...

IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXST), today announced that "Jimmy Kimmel Live!†will return to the company's owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network beginning tonight. We have had discussions with executives at The Walt Disney Company and appreciate their constructive approach to addressing our concerns. As a local broadcaster, Nexstar remains committed to protecting the First Amendment while producing and airing local. ...

Nexstar Media Group will restore Jimmy Kimmel Live! to its 24 ABC affiliates beginning tonight, ending a preemption of the show over a comment by the host about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The decision, announced Friday afternoon, followed a similar decision by Sinclair on Friday. Between the two station groups, about one-quarter of ABC’s total footprint was left without access to Kimmel. His show had also been sidelined by ABC for five days amid the firestorm stemming from the tossed- ...

Local TV conglomerate Sinclair Broadcast Group said its ABC-affiliate stations will start airing Jimmy Kimmy Live! again on Friday night, ending its preempting of the show.Sinclair, along with fellow station owner Nexstar Media Group, continued to preempt Kimmel’s late-night talkshow even after ABC had put Kimmel back on air.Together, Sinclair and Nexstar’s preemption of the show left about 25% of TV viewers in the US unable to watch it, with the two companies owning 70 ABC-affiliate stations combined.The t ...

ToplineThe conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns dozens of ABC affiliates nationwide, said it would bring “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” back to the air Friday night after pre-empting the late-night host’s show over Kimmel’s comments on the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Sinclair had suspended Kimmel on its ABC affiliate stations, including Washington, D.C., its biggest market. (Photo by Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images)Disney via Getty Images ...

Sinclair said it will end its pre-emption of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!†and air the late-night show again beginning Friday. ...

Sinclair Broadcasting said on Friday it will end its preemption of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and the show will return in the evening on Sinclair's nearly 40 ABC-affiliated stations. ...