Late-night hosts give credit to people who boycotted Disney after corporation had indefinitely suspended Kimmel
Late-night television hosts credited people who boycotted Disney for getting Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night TV show back on the air after the corporation had indefinitely suspended Kimmel amid pressure from the Trump administration.
“We got word that our long national late-nightmare is over,” Stephen Colbert said during his show on Monday night.
“Once more, I am the only martyr in late night, unless … CBS, you want to announce anything?” Colbert joked, referencing CBS’s decision to cancel his show earlier this year. “Still no? Because the money thing, I forgot.”
Protests against Disney’s suspension of Kimmel and canceled subscriptions to Disney products mounted as concern over free speech rights grew. High-profile people joined in the calls to boycott. Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said he wouldn’t do a town hall on a local ABC channel, reversing course after Kimmel’s reinstatement.
