Disney’s decision to take ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ off the air, WSJ says

After Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr blasted late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over his remarks related to the killing of Charlie Kirk, executives at Sinclair (SBGI) and Nexstar (NXST), owners of over 60 ABC stations, said they would “indefinitely preempt” the show starting that night, Joe Flint, Suzanne Vranica, and Isabella Simonetti of The Wall Street Journal reports. Kimmel planned to address comments made by Carr on his show Wednesday night, but co-chairman of Disney (DIS) Entertainment Dana Walden and other senior executives briefed on his plan believed his approach could make the situation worst, people familiar with their conversations said. Additionally, due to threatening emails received by staff on Kimmel’s show, Walden and Disney CEO Bob Iger decided to temporarily take “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air, sources added.