- Disney + and Hulu users close their accounts on Disney management of the Jimmy Kimmel Live saga
- The Talk-show host program in the United States was indefinitely suspended on the comments he made about Charlie Kirk
- The conservative political activist was assassinated on September 10 in Utah
Disney faces a major reaction from Disney + and Hulu users on the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and his host.
In recent days, the expanses of the fans of the entertainment giant have turned to social media to express their disgust on the treatment of the situation by Disney. And, in order to ensure that the Hollywood institution is sitting down and taking note of it, many have not only confirmed that they had canceled their subscriptions to two of the best streaming services in the world, but called on others to do the same.
Kimmel, whose end-of-evening talk show has been held for almost 24 seasons since its beginnings in January 2003, was withdrawn from Monday September 15 for comments he made on political activist Charlie Kirk. The conservative Franc was assassinated during an event at the University of Utah Valley on September 10.
In the wake of Kimmel’s comments, Brendan Carr, president of the Federal Commission Commission (FCC), threatened that ABC is confronted with regulatory consequences if it did not. In the hours that followed Carr’s warning, two of ABC’s greatest affiliates in Nexstar and Sinclair confirmed that they would stop broadcasting Kimmel’s program. In the evening of September 15, ABC announced that Kimmel’s accommodation privileges had been “indefinitely” deleted.
In the middle of the widest and cultural Fallout around press freedom and freedom of expression itself, many Hollywood creatives have reprimanded Disney, ABC, Nexstar and Sinclair for having seemed to fold the knee to the FCC and, by proxy, the Trump administration.
According to the Washington Post, a multitude of actors, directors and producers expressed their indignation at the suspension of Kimmel and its program. Go further Lost The co-creator Damon Lindelof went to Instagram on Thursday, September 18 (as reported by the Wrap) to declare that he would not work for Disney or his subsidiaries until Kimmel is reinstated.
Tatiana Maslany, Marvel TV Show star She-hulk: lawyer in lawWhich was disseminated exclusively on Disney + in mid-2022, however, was undoubtedly the most vocal critic. By publishing on its Instagram history on Thursday (thanks to X / Twitter for screenshot), Maslany called for 500,000 subscribers to boycott the streaming platforms belonging to Disney in order to force the entertainment giant to recover its decision.
Tatiana Maslary urged her fans to cancel their Disney subscriptions after the studio suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show. pic.twitter.com/urfe8rnjvkSeptember 18, 2025
And this is what some of the Maslany fans, as well as many other furious subscribers, have done since the start of the saga.
The wires on the Reddit pages, such as R / Television and R / Entertainment – These are only two of the many threads of these sub -reliefs – are strewn with furious user comments who said they had closed their accounts or plan to cancel their subscriptions in the near future. This includes people who have been enrolled in Disney + and Hulu, as well as other services that require a subscription to use, such as National Geographic, ESPN and FX now.
Some even go so far as to say that they will also boycott other properties belonging to Disney, notably Disneyland Resorts, Disney Cruise Liners and the goods of the company.
Reddit is not the only place where people are also threatening to boycott Disney in the long term and long -term. Users on X / Twitter, Instagram and Resetera forums do this exactly.
According to a Redditor (see the integrated post below), who says they were working for Disney, there is a way to cancel your Disney + subscription which will have a greater impact on the company than simply close your account via online means.
Naturally, the big question is: will it all work?
During the last June count, Disney’s Combined Abundip the Disney + and Hulu figure was seated at 183 million. Also obvious to say, it is a large number, therefore, unless tens of millions of users will close their accounts, it is unlikely that this boycott considerably affects Disney’s sources of income.
According to a September 18 report from Bloomberg, Disney leaders must meet Kimmel to discuss his future and his show in the near future. If a compromise cannot be reached, it is possible that more subscribers can move away from Disney + and its brothers’ platforms. Whether it’s a large number to make Disney sit down and take note remains to be seen.
