Disney Gears Up for Legal Fight With Trump Over Kimmel’s Return

The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.

Photographer: Jill Connelly/Bloomberg

Walt Disney Co. is preparing for President Donald Trump to retaliate against the company for putting late-night host Jimmy Kimmel back on the air Tuesday night.

The company had been anticipating the Trump administration might go after its broadcast TV licenses even before ABC’s late-show host made his controversial Sept. 15 remarks about the murderer of activist Charlie Kirk, two people familiar with the company’s thinking said.