Disney Could Face Choice Between Kimmel and NFL: Sources
https://frontofficesports.com/disney-could-face-choice-between-kimmel-and-nfl-sources/The Walt Disney Co. may ultimately have to make a hard choice: the NFL or Jimmy Kimmel. In today’s dicey sports media environment, that may not be much of a choice at all. Disney would likely favor its multibillion-dollar NFL relationship over ABC’s late-night host.
That’s the prediction Front Office Sports got from multiple sources after Disney pulled ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air “indefinitely” on Wednesday.
Critics exploded when they perceived that Kimmel used his monologue to accuse Republicans of trying to “score political points” from the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. They were also outraged when Kimmel seemed to link Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Kirk’s shooting, to President Donald J. Trump’s MAGA movement.
Disney put themselves in a dilemma. If they keep Jimmy Kimmel, they will have to dump NFL.
