Disney lost 1.7M subscribers during Kimmel suspension: Report
Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension appears to have been costly for Disney, the parent company of ABC.
Marisa Kabas of “The Handbasket” said a Disney source told her the company saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancellations between Sept. 17 and Sept. 23. “The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN,” she wrote on Bluesky.
The company reported 207.4 million subscribers across all three streamers during its third quarter.
ABC suspended Kimmel’s late-night show on Sept. 17, following threats of potential repercussions from the Trump-appointed head of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr.
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Kimmel returned to the airwaves on Sept. 23 when ABC ended its suspension. Nexstar and Sinclair ended their boycott on Sept. 26.
This past August, Nexstar announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire rival broadcast company Tegna for $6.2 billion. This merger would require FCC approval.
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