FCC Launches Review Of 8 ABC Stations’ Licenses After Kimmel’s Melania Trump Joke
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- The FCC review comes less than a week after Kimmel’s joke, which the late night host said was about Trump’s age and not a call for his assassination.
- President Donald Trump has called for Kimmel’s firing over the remarks.
Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Topline The Federal Communications Commission filed an order Tuesday to review Disney’s ABC broadcast licenses, pressing the media conglomerate after First Lady Melania Trump blasted a joke made by late night host Jimmy Kimmel in which he said the first lady had “a glow like an expectant widow” days before a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Kimmel said the joke he made about Trump concerned the president's age.Photo by Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty ImagesKey FactsThe FCC will make an unprecedented, early review of Disney’s broadcast licenses for ABC, targeting eight stations around the U.S. that include broadcasters in the nation’s largest markets.
Disney is directed to file license renewals for all of its licensed ABC TV stations by May 28 under the order, which did not name Kimmel and attributed the call for renewal to the FCC’s ongoing investigation into Disney’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices.