Disney Gears Up for Legal Fight With Trump Over Kimmel’s Return
The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Photographer: Jill Connelly/BloombergWalt 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.