{"id":2659154,"date":"2026-09-12T08:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-kimmel-will-have-to-agree-to-disneys-humiliating-demand-if-he-wants-to-keep-his-show-report\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T08:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T12:25:20","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-will-have-to-agree-to-disneys-humiliating-demand-if-he-wants-to-keep-his-show-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-kimmel-will-have-to-agree-to-disneys-humiliating-demand-if-he-wants-to-keep-his-show-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Will Have to Agree to Disney&#8217;s Humiliating Demand If He Wants to Keep His Show: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjimmy-kimmel-will-have-to-agree-to-disneys-humiliating-demand-if-he-wants-to-keep-his-show-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2659154&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jimmy Kimmel is negotiating to renew his late-night show on ABC beyond May, contingent on reducing production costs. If these cuts are not made, the show could face cancellation, similar to CBS&#8217;s &#8220;The Late Show wiht Stephen Colbert,&#8221; wich was canceled due to meaningful financial losses, partly attributed to high production costs and large staff. Kimmel&#8217;s show reportedly costs around $100 million annually and generates revenue but not enough to offset expenses, with ad revenues declining from $439 million in 2018 to about $221 million in 2024.Despite strong viewership, there are calls for budget reductions, potentially including halting summer episodes, downsizing staff, or reducing Kimmel\u2019s own salary.The situation is compounded by legal and regulatory pressures, such as FCC rules about political candidate appearances on broadcast shows and Disney&#8217;s legal challenge against FCC actions perceived as efforts to limit speech. Kimmel has also indicated he may post certain interviews online if they cannot be aired on the network,reflecting ongoing tensions over political content and broadcast regulations. the future of kimmel&#8217;s program hinges on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cost-cutting measures amid declining revenues<\/a> and increased industry pressures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Kimmel is in talks to continue his late night program on ABC after his contract ends in May, but reportedly with the condition that he will have to cut production costs.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to do so may result in the same fate as \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,\u201d which CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cancellation-justified-late-show-stephen-colbert-even-worse-can-imagine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancelled<\/a> last fall, due to the program losing around $40 million annually, with a production cost believed to be about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/24\/opinion\/colbert-fired-cbs-paramount.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$100 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Late Show employed 200 people for an hour show a night. No wonder it lost $40 million a year. Every <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews?\">@FoxNews<\/a> live primetime show crushes Colbert in ratings and I bet none of those shows have more than 30 employees. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B02JDtgoUE\">pic.twitter.com\/B02JDtgoUE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/2058023735643267154?\">May 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, <a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/will-kimmel-cut-his-budget-to-save-his-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puck News<\/a> reported Friday that \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d costs about $100 million per year to produce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut while Kimmel\u2019s show is said to generate more overall revenue than the older-skewing and less digitally savvy Colbert, the numbers still aren\u2019t great. The late night shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC together lured just $221 million in ad revenue in 2024, about half the $439 million generated in 2018,\u201d Puck said.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel pulled an average of 2.51 million viewers per night last season, compared to Colbert, who had 2.88 million, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/jimmy-kimmel-live-not-canceled-future-abc-vs-trump-fcc-1236695679\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-talks-renew-deal-abc-1237099330\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a> reported on Friday that Kimmel and Disney, ABC\u2019s parent company, are in talks to renew his contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wrinkle? ABC is reportedly keen to cut the budget of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a move that is becoming increasingly commonplace in late-night television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisney is keen to make cuts across the board. In August, Deadline broke the news that Disney was offering longtime executives early retirement. This came after it started rounds of layoffs, first announced in April, with the elimination of 1,000 jobs with more cuts coming in July, particularly on the Pixar and Nat Geo fronts,\u201d the outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>Puck suggested that ways Kimmel could cut costs include eliminating \u201cweeks of production or go to full reruns for the summer, eliminating two months of guest-hosted shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could cut writers, producers, or other staff. Or nix the more costly stunts, like taping a week of shows in Brooklyn, which ABC okayed again for this fall. Kimmel could also shave more off his own fee, which has been reported at $15 million a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colbert also reportedly made <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.finance.yahoo.com\/news\/worlds-highest-paid-tv-hosts-113000489.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$15 million<\/a> per year.<\/p>\n<p>Puck added, \u201cOr, if they can\u2019t make a deal, \u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 could end after 24 years. Kalshi, the prediction market, has it as a 9 percent chance Kimmel will be \u2018fired\u2019 before the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Puck speculated that Kimmel does not want to leave before the end of Trump\u2019s presidency in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now that Colbert is off TV, sources say that Kimmel feels a bit of a responsibility to carry the torch as late night\u2019s thorn in the president\u2019s side,\u201d the news outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fcc-puts-jimmy-kimmel-view-notice-warning-shows-motivated-partisan-purposes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put ABC on notice<\/a> that programs like \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d and \u201cThe View\u201d are subject to \u201cequal time\u201d rules if they have political candidates on their programs, due to laws governing broadcast channels like ABC, CBS, and NBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, legacy TV networks assumed that their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fcc-set-to-rule-against-the-view-report\/\" title=\"FCC Set to Rule Against &#039;The View&#039;: Report\">late-night &amp; daytime talk shows qualify<\/a> as \u2018bona fide news\u2019 programs \u2014 even when motivated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-kimmel-plays-victim-as-he-misleads-viewers-about-why-he-cant-air-james-talarico-interview\/\" title=\"... Plays Victim as He Misleads Viewers About Why He Can\u2019t Air James Talarico Interview\">purely partisan political purposes<\/a>,\u201d Carr posted in January on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the FCC reminded them of their obligation to provide all candidates with equal opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The networks\u2019 news programs are not subject to equal time laws.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For years, legacy TV networks assumed that their late night &#038; daytime talk shows qualify as \u201cbona fide news\u201d programs \u2013 even when motivated by purely partisan political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the FCC reminded them of their obligation to provide all candidates with equal opportunities <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sWiQmqQHCq\">pic.twitter.com\/sWiQmqQHCq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrendanCarrFCC\/status\/2014081766902940028?\">January 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kimmel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jimmy-kimmel-plays-victim-as-he-misleads-viewers-about-why-he-cant-air-james-talarico-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complained<\/a> during his Wednesday opening monologue that he would not be able to air his interview with Texas Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico on ABC this week because of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he would be posting it to YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>The late-night host apparently does not want to comply with the broadcast network equal time requirement by offering Republican Ken Paxton an opportunity to come on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Disney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/escalating-pressures-fcc-impacted-views-guest-list-disney-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> against the FCC, arguing that the Trump administration is infringing on ABC\u2019s freedom of speech. 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