Jimmy Kimmel and Disney Work to Reach Compromise to Bring His Show Back

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-abc-disney-late-night-comeback-1236524695/

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  2. He has the opportunity to do the funniest thing in his entire career.

    Make them think he’s willing to submit to their demands to get back on the air and then just go full scorched Earth George Carlin style until they yank him off mid-show.

    If they make him do a donation to some Charlie Kirk foundation, call up the bank live on-air and initiate a chargeback saying it was made under duress.

    Surely by now he’s got the “Fuck You” money to not need the show anymore if it’s gonna need to be a state sanctioned script but he could sure make one hell of a statement on his way out.

  3. Nah! Disney, Nexstar, Sinclair, Fox News, and Paramount (for Colbert) need to feel some pain! Call your streaming services with companies, then call your TV provider and demand they remove their stations from their service, or else you will cancel your TV plan!

  4. His hero is letterman. Expect whatever he does here to be like him.

  5. I’m of two minds about this. Obviously, you can’t negotiate with terrorists (the terrorists being the FCC and the federal government in this scenario, just so we’re clear about where I’m coming from).

    At the same time, a lot of people’s jobs are on the line. From the guy who was involved in Strike Force Five, I believe Kimmel will want to do everything he can to help his people.

  7. Disney is releasing this info to try to stem the rising cancellations

  8. Maybe make him president of ABC. That would make things right

  9. Is it okay to say the response to this vs Colbert is weird to me? The Colbert situation seems worse but there’s much more heat for Kimmel.

  10. This is all I need to know

    “It’s understood that ABC and Disney brass had been flagging concerns to Kimmel for some time about the sharpness of his critiques of President Donald Trump and his unprecedented takeover of federal agencies. “

  11. There is no compromise.

    Disney is a screw up and they did wrong. Kimmel has nothing to apologize for and doesn’t need to do anything to get back in the air.

    Disney needs to accept some accountability and make things right then move forward. That’s the only way.

  13. I read hes sueing.. His contract says he can’t be fired for what he says politically. I hope it’s true!

  15. Surely he has enough money to say fuck you and just retire?

  17. What compromise? He didn’t say anything wrong and to bring him back with stipulations is still censorship

  18. The only acceptable compromise is to admit you’re wrong and bring the show back on the air AS-IS, with Disney executives doing a cold open apologizing to America for their cowardliness.

    Anything less is unacceptable.

  19. Already cancelled Disney and Hulu. Not going back. Ever. Not even for free.

  21. Disney has shown they’d bend over to fascism. They can get fucked. Cancelled my subscription.

  23. Unconditional reinstatement, public apology by ABC to Jimmy and to America, and statement of support, or the cancellation continues. These are the terms. They are nonnegotiable.

  27. Kimmel, do NOT apologize! And do NOT pay a fucking dime to them! This will be a defining point in free speech!

  28. You mean capitulate. Sinclair said they want an apology and want Jimmy to put money in Kirk’s tpusa fund. No way!!

  29. Aka Disney is working on a settlement on a wrongful termination lawsuit

  30. I don’t care what they did was so bad I am never going back to Hulu or Disney+ ever

  31. Cancelled that ABC shit faster than Trump can fill his diaper.

  32. I’ll fix this. What Disney did was illegal. The government can’t pressure anyone to get canceled because they don’t like what was said. It’s called free speech and fuck Trump for trying to take our freedoms and rights away.

  33. Bullshit his show is coming back. P2025 is in play. They’ve been going for this for over 35 years. Heritage Foundation, Leonard Leo, Harlan Crow, Koch bros worked their oligarch fingers to the bone to get Qlarence and The Apostles in place, pee wee German the shadow president, to run the deep state. They’re going to put us ALL in concentration camps- the ones already built in TX & OK. Jimmy Kimmel will be in the cell next to you & me, being reeducated.

  34. Too late. I already canceled Disney+ and called my bank to get a new card too

  35. Notice how exactly none of the coverage quotes Kimmel’s comments from the show?

    Interesting, that. Wonder why.

  36. If there is a compromise his entire show should be just Kirk’s “in context” excerpts and takes, his misogynistic, sexist, homophobic, racist takes, all seamlessly blended together, as a special honoring his legacy, n Kirk’s actual own words.

  38. It’s not about Kimmel directly. It is about the FCC shutting down anything that hurts the feelings of the Trumpster Fire. This is not going to go away with a contract renegotiation. The 1st Amendment is the 1st for a reason.

  40. Disney stock dropped 3% since the news dropped, even if they bring his show back, I won’t be renewing my subscriptions. Corporations don’t care about you unless you make them feel it where it matters, what a pathetic and greedy move by Disney

  42. Even if they bring Kimmel back; DON’T CAVE AND RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION. Like they say in Newsies, “You know why a snake starts to rattle? Because it’s scared. That means we’re winning”. Disney has a lot of changes it needs to make.

  43. Well, I am not working to reach a compromise to bring abc back. They were already on the edge when they paid Trump a tribute. Now this? Sorry. They can’t be trusted with free speech. And that was about the only thing they had left.

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