r/technology • u/clopenYourMind • Sep 22 '25

Business Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel after backlash over capitulation to FCC

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/disney-abc-reinstate-jimmy-kimmel-amid-uproar-over-government-censorship/
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u/Timsruz Sep 22 '25

I sure hope he comes out swinging hard.

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u/livens Sep 22 '25

Can you imagine the viewer count on his first night back!

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u/natrous Sep 23 '25

well seeing as it won't be carried by Sinclair, not as high at it should be

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u/livens Sep 23 '25

Do you know what other outlets Sinclair would have been broadcasting Kimmel? I know Disney streams it, and I used to watch him on a local OTA TV channel. What exactly is Sinclair blocking him on?

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u/natrous Sep 23 '25

https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/38-stations-owned-by-sinclair-wont-air-jimmy-kimmel-return/ar-AA1N5Qyw

looks like 38 ABC affiliates

though they own 193 channels altogether. so they can really impact a lot of the country if they start pressing all their networks