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BumRushDaShow

(160,898 posts)
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 07:20 AM Sep 19

Walt Disney Executives To Meet With Jimmy Kimmel, Assess Talk Show Future, Bloomberg News Reports

Source: Huff Post/Reuters

Sep 18, 2025, 08:11 PM EDT | Updated 8 hours ago


Sept 18 (Reuters) - Walt Disney DIS.0 representatives and talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel raced to find the right words on Wednesday to calm a social media furor that erupted following criticism of his remarks about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Kimmel’s comments in his monologue on Monday had angered many, and the reaction reached a fever pitch on Wednesday, including death threats that raised concerns for the safety of Kimmel and his staff, the source said. The late-night host prepared to make a statement, but Kimmel and Disney representatives could not find language that they agreed would not further inflame the situation, the source said.

As the show’s 4:30 p.m. taping time approached, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment co-Chairman Dana Walden agreed that the best approach would be to take the show off the air and later find a way to bring Kimmel back, the source said. Walden informed Kimmel of the decision.

A representative for Kimmel did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment. Executives will meet with Kimmel to discuss the future of his program, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/walt-disney-executives-to-meet-with-jimmy-kimmel-assess-talk-show-future-bloomberg-news-reports_n_68cc9cb9e4b0afb4eb4cc601

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Walt Disney Executives To Meet With Jimmy Kimmel, Assess Talk Show Future, Bloomberg News Reports (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 19 OP
There are so many version of what happened............... Lovie777 Sep 19 #1
kimmel is in the drivers seat. Javaman Sep 19 #2
Jimmy's lawyers are going to have so much fun C_U_L8R Sep 19 #3
Disney has always Traildogbob Sep 19 #4
Money, same as always.. Disney catered to the "Baby Boom" children. A real growth group or so it was for many decades. LiberalArkie Sep 19 #5
Still got the movies. Traildogbob Sep 19 #7
"the Disnification of animals" BumRushDaShow Sep 19 #8
Are you telling me that if I meet a cinnamon bear in the woods it might not love me and offer to perform a duet? /nt artemisia1 Sep 20 #25
😁 Traildogbob Sep 20 #31
Yeah, I was a Mousekateer when I was 7. ananda Sep 19 #12
You are dating yourself.. thomski64 Sep 19 #14
LOL. Old age is my job description. ananda Sep 19 #18
Wonderful World Of Color BettyBlueDot Sep 19 #23
I loved it too Traildogbob Sep 20 #32
"Wonderful World of Disney" BumRushDaShow Sep 20 #34
Or to Kirk, who though kid's deaths from guns was perfectly fine in order to travelingthrulife Sep 19 #13
Disney has always had the best team of lawyers in the US? Irish_Dem Sep 19 #6
Take a stand now! nwduke Sep 19 #9
If I were Kimmel kacekwl Sep 19 #10
Fuck you Disney/ABC mdbl Sep 19 #11
Jimmy Kimmel will NOT change. He's already proven that. Wiz Imp Sep 19 #15
A big part of me wants Jimmy to moniss Sep 19 #16
it would be a HUGE FU to Trump if Jimmy returned Skittles Sep 20 #30
Yes in a way but Disney could moniss Sep 20 #35
They may be lined up with lawyers, but Baitball Blogger Sep 19 #17
To hell with Walt Disney's Executives they can shove it right up republianmushroom Sep 19 #19
Deport the executives to Guantanamo. Wonder Why Sep 19 #20
Kimmel needs to show up with at least a dozen attorneys. Different ethnic groups. twodogsbarking Sep 19 #21
Kimmel, an advocate for healthcare bmichaelh Sep 19 #22
iv'e heard rumors hes going to sue disney and nexstar moonshinegnomie Sep 19 #24
It depends what his contract says. I hope he takes them to the cleaners. lostincalifornia Sep 20 #27
ABC/Disney screwed up royally. They have probably lost 30% of their viewers because of this bullshit, and I lostincalifornia Sep 20 #26
he is very likeable Skittles Sep 20 #29
Jimmy better NOT apologize Skittles Sep 20 #28
Ought to apologize to him after NBC reported FBI hasn't yet found left wing ties to shooter wishstar Sep 20 #36
DING DING Skittles Sep 20 #37
Before "Don Un Hung" Traildogbob Sep 20 #33
I think Kimmel will be back... Xolodno Sep 20 #38

Lovie777

(20,495 posts)
1. There are so many version of what happened...............
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 07:34 AM
Sep 19

but apparently the firing of Kimmel must have hurt Disney's pocket book.

One thing about Liberal Comedians, they do have the gift of humor.

Javaman

(64,556 posts)
2. kimmel is in the drivers seat.
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 07:39 AM
Sep 19

I bet he takes an offer, but goes right back to his scathing commentary on the orange asshole.

it's a win win for him. he continues on, but if Disney fires him again, they will look like complete shithead lapdogs to tRump. more so.

C_U_L8R

(48,170 posts)
3. Jimmy's lawyers are going to have so much fun
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 07:57 AM
Sep 19

batting the mouse around and gnawing on it's tail and tiny feet

Traildogbob

(11,902 posts)
4. Disney has always
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 07:57 AM
Sep 19

Catered to children with its theme, and entertainment. And made it’s fortune doing so. So why the hell would they ever bow to child rapists?

LiberalArkie

(18,988 posts)
5. Money, same as always.. Disney catered to the "Baby Boom" children. A real growth group or so it was for many decades.
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 08:04 AM
Sep 19

People are not having as many children and those that do can not afford to go to the Disney properties.

Traildogbob

(11,902 posts)
7. Still got the movies.
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 08:15 AM
Sep 19

The world’s baby sitter, and mind groomer.
As an educator in Wildlife science and management, we had to alert the future wildlife biologists about the Disnification of animals. That is why people get killed thinking wild animals talk and are so sweet and need a hug. Then get “Et” in THEY house.
The biologist have to do more people management than animals. Because of the Disney portrayal.
But do underestimate, they are raking in fortune's at the theme parks parks.

BumRushDaShow

(160,898 posts)
8. "the Disnification of animals"
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 09:05 AM
Sep 19

Animals have been "personified" by humans LONG before anything "Disney". Literally for millennia. This is why doing such was acceptable because you see it in many books of parables, children's stories, and even religious texts, with animals (and even insects) depicted in art, writing, and song, well before he showed up.

Thanks to "technology", Disney just took the idea, monetized it, and spread it further than how such characters were passed down generationlly, through oral and/or written tradition in many ethnic communities, by taking advantage of the era of film and television, and eventually theme parks, and the internet.

artemisia1

(1,142 posts)
25. Are you telling me that if I meet a cinnamon bear in the woods it might not love me and offer to perform a duet? /nt
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 01:09 AM
Sep 20

ananda

(33,396 posts)
12. Yeah, I was a Mousekateer when I was 7.
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 10:07 AM
Sep 19

Disney was a big part of our world for a long time.

thomski64

(758 posts)
14. You are dating yourself..
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 10:19 AM
Sep 19

As we get older, sometimes that's the only dates we can get
....

BettyBlueDot

(7 posts)
23. Wonderful World Of Color
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 05:41 PM
Sep 19

I recall the family visited my Mom's cousins on Sunday evening so we could watch The Wonderful World of Color on a COLOR TV set

Traildogbob

(11,902 posts)
32. I loved it too
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 09:50 AM
Sep 20

It took the edge off knowing you had to go to school on Monday. We had a few BW seasons before we got color TV.

BumRushDaShow

(160,898 posts)
34. "Wonderful World of Disney"
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:16 AM
Sep 20

when it was on NBC with the peacock! I remember they used to run it on Sunday evenings. We got one of those color console TVs (RCA) in 1967. Batman was great in the most vivid colors that they could find for the costumes.



Before that, we had a 19" B&W (I think a GE).

travelingthrulife

(3,365 posts)
13. Or to Kirk, who though kid's deaths from guns was perfectly fine in order to
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 10:15 AM
Sep 19

preserve the 2nd amendment.

I think Kirk's death was very poetic. He helped saved our glorious second amendment rights!

Irish_Dem

(75,501 posts)
6. Disney has always had the best team of lawyers in the US?
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 08:05 AM
Sep 19

I wonder how these whiz kids are feeling today?

nwduke

(453 posts)
9. Take a stand now!
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 09:11 AM
Sep 19

It will never end with the Orbán wannabe! His goon FCC gestopo goose stepping moron wrote this into Project 2025!

mdbl

(7,449 posts)
11. Fuck you Disney/ABC
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 09:34 AM
Sep 19

Either put Kimmel back on the air or STFU. I won't use any of your products unless that happens. I cancelled all of your services, including streaming services that carry your shitty local broadcasters. I hope you and your fucking deplorable viewers are very happy together - assholes.

Wiz Imp

(7,537 posts)
15. Jimmy Kimmel will NOT change. He's already proven that.
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 10:25 AM
Sep 19
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-view-abc-tone-down-politics-trump-report_n_682e7eaae4b0a052877e91b3
ABC executives have previously pressured hosts over their Trump talk, with late night host Jimmy Kimmel revealing in 2022 that the network’s top bosses asked him to tone it down when he began to regularly quip about Trump.

Kimmel told the “Naked Lunch” podcast that he informed execs that he wouldn’t let up on the jokes even if they fired him. They eventually backed away from the ask, he noted.


Back in May, ABC Execs told the View to dial down the political talk. Their reaction?

The women of “The View,” sources explained, weren’t having it with the “silly” requests and look to just “keep doing their thing” on the program. “This is what our audience wants. Isn’t it gonna look kind of bad if we’re all of a sudden not talking about politics?” one source familiar with the meeting reportedly said of the hosts’ response to their boss.



moniss

(8,125 posts)
16. A big part of me wants Jimmy to
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 10:28 AM
Sep 19

tell them to go f*ck themselves. Yes I know he has a whole large staff that have their jobs on the line as well but I would encourage Jimmy to find a way to take the show elsewhere. F*ck ABC/Disney/Nexstar etc. because apparently they have forgotten how abysmal their late night offerings were before Jimmy Kimmel. They spent decades nearly being outperformed by infomercials in late night. Once Ted Koppel left Nightline even that went to crap for them.

In the end the thing about Disney is to always remember there is a very good reason their longstanding nickname has been "The Rat".

moniss

(8,125 posts)
35. Yes in a way but Disney could
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:22 AM
Sep 20

always paint it to give Crumb The 1st the ability to say Jimmy had been whacked and now would be "on a short leash" and if he "steps out of line" then Crumb The 1st will yank him again. That's why it would be best for Jimmy and his people on the show to find another platform for the show.

republianmushroom

(21,487 posts)
19. To hell with Walt Disney's Executives they can shove it right up
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 12:04 PM
Sep 19

Donald Ducks ass, as far as I'm concerned. Boycott disney

bmichaelh

(968 posts)
22. Kimmel, an advocate for healthcare
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 02:54 PM
Sep 19

Any assessment that Trump makes of Jimmy Kimmel is meaningless and is driven by his desire for revenge.

Kimmel has been a vocal advocate for healthcare often when GOP or Trump tried to dismantle ACA.

To me, that makes Trump and GOP the immoral ones.

lostincalifornia

(4,561 posts)
26. ABC/Disney screwed up royally. They have probably lost 30% of their viewers because of this bullshit, and I
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 01:32 AM
Sep 20

wouldn't be surprised if where ever Kimmel goes he will attract a lot of new viewers.

wishstar

(5,782 posts)
36. Ought to apologize to him after NBC reported FBI hasn't yet found left wing ties to shooter
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 02:25 PM
Sep 20

justifying Kimmel's remarks about MAGA's being desperate to tie shooter to left wing.

Skittles

(167,742 posts)
37. DING DING
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 05:25 PM
Sep 20

omg I am so fucking SICK on the reverence being shown to a fucking WHITE SUPREMACIST, WTF


Traildogbob

(11,902 posts)
33. Before "Don Un Hung"
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:02 AM
Sep 20

Is done CANCEL CULTURING all of TV will be 24/7 cabinet meeting sessions with every show, every “News” channel being just like his ass licking meetings.
I am old enough to remember Bill got a blow Job under the table and got impeached. In Private.
Trump is getting a dozen or more BJ’s, all televised, at every Cab meeting, and he is doing God’s work. Talk about hypocrisy.
🤑😮🍄🍆.
He makes them do it, cause they inhale the shroom spores embedded in his balding pub combover, and they hallucinate to believe his lies. And see trump riding God like Putin on a horse. .

Xolodno

(7,182 posts)
38. I think Kimmel will be back...
Sat Sep 20, 2025, 10:36 PM
Sep 20

...but I think Iger will probably hang it up after this. Eisner lost his touch and he took over. He probably realizes he stepped into it this time. He was supposed to be out already, think he's going to move up the time table and hand the reigns to someone else.

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