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pat_k

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Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:24 PM Sep 17

Exit Disney: Disney+, HULU, ESPN+, FuboTV... And CALL. See list of contacts added on edit. [View all]

Last edited Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:20 PM - Edit history (8)

Pulling Jimmy Kimmel's show is intolerable.

Wikipedia has a list of other Disney assets.

Includes Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century, Searchlight, a 50% equity holding in A&E Global Media (with Hearst Corp), FX, National Geographic and Onyx Collective.

Boycotting this spider is a challenge, but I think if you have a subscription to Disney+, HULU, and/or ESPN+, cancelling right now would send a message (if enough others do the same -- and I suspect there will be a whole lot of people doing the same).

ON EDIT: And, their phone lines should be flooded!!! Below is a list of contacts for ABC entertainment, one of which is Viewer Feedback, 818-460-7477. The contact list includes named individuals with email addresses too. I'm looking up who they are, but I'm pretty sure some of these folks are people who should be hearing from us.

https://www.detpress.com/abc/contacts/
9/18 Above page has been taken down. Here is the archive link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20250918012555/https://www.detpress.com/abc/contacts/

ON EDIT 8:20 PM PDT:

Someone on that list you might want to email: Chelsie Tanamachi, Director, Unscripted Publicity, which includes Kimmel's show. She might want to hear how outraged you are about pulling the show. If they were threatened by the FCC, they should have filed an immediate injunction against the abuse of power. And if they don't have a legal department who has a motion ready to go in anticipation of such threats, they are idiots. And being idiots is certainly bad publicity.
chelsie.m.tanamachi@abc.com

ON EDIT 8:25 PDT:
Another press contact of the Kimmel show who should get a sense of the public's reaction:
Rachel Villegas
rachel.villegas@disney.com

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good luck with that Skittles Sep 17 #1
You may be right... pat_k Sep 17 #4
maga boycotted Disney for years over "woke" and DEI with little impact. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 17 #10
Understood. As I replied to Skittles, perhaps its useless to lobby people cancel (+Email/Call, see OP edits) pat_k Sep 17 #11
We often do things that are positive w little known reward, bc it is the right thing to do. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 18 #24
already don't use any of those. should I sign up and then quit in protest...hmmm msongs Sep 17 #2
I've actually been meaning to cancel Disney+ for awhile. I'm sort of happy I.... pat_k Sep 17 #5
Better to make a call. pat_k Sep 17 #6
I get HULU for included with my cell phone provider, but I hardly watch that crap on Hulu anyway, so it is pretty lostincalifornia Sep 17 #3
And if you are able, call the viewer feedback number: 818-460-7477 pat_k Sep 17 #7
Selling my Disney stock first thing in the morning Johonny Sep 17 #8
In case you missed the edit, I added link to a list of contacts at ABC entertainment to the OP. pat_k Sep 17 #9
We need to read more books anyway uponit7771 Sep 17 #12
Hear! Hear! pat_k Sep 18 #18
Aren't the stations at the mercy of the FCC who threatened to revoke their licenses? question everything Sep 18 #13
I'm not a lawyer, but it sure seems to me that such abusive threats demand a motion to enjoin the FCC from pat_k Sep 18 #20
kimmel should sue carr for 15 billion moonshinegnomie Sep 18 #14
Absolutely! pat_k Sep 18 #22
Is it more effective to boycott their advertisers? halobeam Sep 18 #15
Perhaps, if there were advertisers who was are particularly associated with the ad-supported Disney+ tier... pat_k Sep 18 #17
Thanks for your insight into this. At this point, I would halobeam Sep 18 #23
Maybe listen to/watch NPR / PBS and switch to their sponsors? RandomNumbers Sep 18 #25
Absolutely! I do make good use of the PBS Passport subscription I get for donating. pat_k Sep 18 #26
Nexstar Media Group refused to carry Kimmel's show anymore first. summer_in_TX Sep 18 #16
I cancelled my Disney+ subscription this morning... Violet_Crumble Sep 18 #19
Cheers! pat_k Sep 18 #21
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