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==== 1. What happened in each case ====

Jimmy Kimmel (2025)
* Made comments in his monologue about conservatives “capitalizing on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”
* Nexstar and Sinclair (large station owners) publicly announced they would no longer air his show on their ABC affiliates.
* FCC Chair Brendan Carr weighed in, calling the remarks “truly sick,” hinting at possible regulatory implications.
* ABC/Disney leadership (Bob Iger, Dana Walden) ultimately suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely.
* Local affiliates largely learned of the suspension after the fact; the move was driven top-down by ownership and network executives.
* This is ongoing and deeply entangled with political pressure, free speech debates, and the role of regulators.

Roseanne Barr (2018)
* Posted a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett (a former Obama advisor).
* ABC, led by then-entertainment president Channing Dungey, canceled “Roseanne” the same day the tweet was posted.
* The cancellation was unilateral from ABC corporate — no FCC involvement, no affiliate revolt, no time for station owners to intervene.
* Disney CEO Bob Iger backed the decision, calling it the “right thing” to do.
* The show was later revived as The Conners (without Barr), proving the cancellation was a direct consequence of her personal actions, not network programming overall.