Disney/ABC backs down, Jimmy Kimmel to return tonight.

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[Calheel]

Yeah, this was predictable. They needed to do some virtue signaling for Trump, but they didn't want to fight ABC. Of course, this might become a live issue again when FCC waivers are being discussed next year.

 

[theel4life]

Missing out on that money huh?

 

[TangledUpInBlue06]

Missing out on that money huh?

No, no, no. You've got it backwards. We were told repeatedly it was financially unfeasible to keep Kimmel on the air. It simply cannot be that affiliates now find it financially unfeasible to keep Kimmel off the air.

 

[WaynetheDrain]

Kimmel 1
Trump 0

 

[superrific]

Kimmel 1
Trump 0

Kimmel 1
Trump 0
Sinclair/Nexstar -1.