Posted on 09/19/2025 3:42:36 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The former Disney leader called the suspension of the late night program “yet another example of out-of-control intimidation.”
Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner appeared to take aim at Bob Iger and the Disney brass Friday as he railed against the decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel.
“Where has all the leadership gone? If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment?” Eisner wrote in a post on X on Friday.
Eisner called the decision to suspend Kimmel’s show “yet another example of out-of-control intimidation.”
Margo Price Changed Song Lyrics to Rip "Fascists" on What Could Be the Final 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' He wrote, “The ‘suspending indefinitely’ of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the Chairman of the FCC’s aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out-of-control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, ‘Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, except in one’s political or financial self-interest.’”
Eisner added, “By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.”
Eisner ran Disney from 1984 to 2005, a period that saw the so-called “Disney renaissance,” when animated musicals like Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid and The Lion King made a significant cultural impact and reigned at the box office. But Eisner famously was forced out of the company in a shareholder rebellion that cleared the way for Iger’s leadership following a colorful and tempestuous final few years at the top that were chronicled in books like DisneyWar and The Keys to the Kingdom: How Michael Eisner Lost His Grip.
For a time, Eisner was synonymous with the Disney brand — he once even hosted The Wonderful World of Disney show — and his criticism adds to the mounting unrest over Disney’s decision to suspend Kimmel over remarks made about the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
Several politicians and industry figures have spoken out in protest. And on Thursday Hollywood union members protested in front of the main gate to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, pushing back against what they saw as an infringement on free expression.
“””Eisner added, “By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.” “”””””””
He meant to say..Eisner added, “By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO is severely retarded..”
Pretty sure airing a blatant lie is against FCC rules.
-SB
Did he say anything when they fired Rosanne? No.
Did he say anything when ESPN fire Rush Limbaugh?
No.
And he practically started the death spiral of Disney.
Kimmel’s viewership was dropping to zero. He had an absurd contract, and he and his show costs added up to large (and growing) losses for ABC.
Kimmel probably also saw he was heading for cancellation, and ramped-up his leftist rhetoric.
His bosses just found a convenient excuse to can his crappy show.
How has it been enforced? A majority of advertisements contain a blatant lie. A huge numbers of blatant lie are on TV every day. So, if someone goes on TV and says, “The earth is flat,” should they be prosecuted? It’s not true, but I don’t think anything is helped by prosecuting.
Disney’s change to a pedo/gay/woke/evil corporation began under this homosexual/atheist/Jew.
Eisner is leftist scum.
Michael Eisner is apparently a POS.
The decision was NOT made by Disney.
Nexstar made the decision for them.
They demanded an apology.
This Dana woman who is Jimmy’s daddy couldn’t get an apology out of him.
That meant if Disney went forward a big portion of their affiliates were not blacking him out.
Plus it appeared Jimmy’s “contrition” was not “contrition” but would have only made it worse.
The FCC commissioner gave the locals a bit of a shove to use the leverage they have ALWAYS had but were too timid to use.
I see Nexstar as the winner here.
Evidently Nexstar owns Newsnation which recently beat CNN and PMSNBC in the key rating demographic in prime time.
I have never watched Newsnation as I cut the cable, but I found an app which allows me to.
I want to support a company which had the balls to take on Mickey Mouse and get Kimmel benched and Iger in a pickle.
‘Eisner added, “By-the-way, for the record, this ex-CEO finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.”’
That says a lot.
Over the years Disney has made moral decisions that would have left Walt fuming. I’ve boycotted Disney/ESPN for a few years now. If I really want to watch a particular college football game, I can get it a few days late on YouTube.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE:
IF I GO TO A NICE RESTAURANT FOR A FAIRLY COSTLY MEAL:
IF THE WAIT STAFF HAS AN ATTITUDE
IF THEY ARE SPORTING JEWELRY IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
IF THEY ARE ALL TATTED UP
IF THEY ARE SURLY
IF THEY ACT LIKE WE CUSTOMERS ARE A BURDEN:
I WILL NEVER AGAIN GO TO THAT RESTAURANT
IIRC-—2 LARGE CORPS THAT OWN ABOUT 1/3 OF THE TV STATIONS IN THE USA SAID THEY DO NOT WISH TO CARRY KIMMEL.
SEEMS TO ME THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT.
ABC CAN TAKE THE FINANCIAL HIT-—(VERY BAD FOR THEIR STOCKHOLDERS)-—
OR THEY CAN CAST KIMMEL ASIDE.
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU DO???
For some reason liberals have never learned that when you piss off over half your potential audience, you somehow lose viewership, ratings, and that leads to loss off advertising revenue.
dumb@sses
Creepy movie.
If he’s talented and funny, Michael, him a job. Give him a senicure as your own Trump-bashing court jester.
He creeped me out decades ago
In addition, “a licensee has the duty to air programs that are responsive to its local community’s priorities and needs…” which Nexstar & Sinclair decided Kimmel’s show was not doing. Therefore, they had every right to pre-empt his show from their markets, which they decided to do before Carr went on that podcast.
ABC then decided to terminate the show because of all the ad money they’d be losing from those closed markets combined with the excessive show costs. ABC could have stayed the course and continued to support Kimmel, but their shareholders would have been pretty upset. It was a business decision in the end, so blame the station and not the FCC for enforcing the rules or Trump because of TDS.
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