Brian Stelter

You know, ABC wanted him to acknowledge the controversy, wanted him to try to extend maybe an olive branch of some sort.

And Kimmel did just that.

And I think it was genuine.

It seemed genuine to me.

That's that's probably the most interesting question.

Well, number one, his contract is coming due in May.

So this may not be a long term relationship.

I have no reason to believe ABC wants to drop the show in May.

I have no reason to believe Kimmel wants to leave.

Yes, he's made noise about retiring, but, you know, lots of stars do that in advance of contract talks.

It is possible.

I think we could imagine a world where next spring Kimmel's show moves off broadcast.

Maybe it's just going to go to streaming.

Maybe it's going to become a pure subscription play.

And maybe that's actually in the best interest of everybody involved.

If the government is going to continue to wield its power to punish private companies, ABC might decide it is better to put the show on to streaming.

But if that was the decision they would make with Jimmy and not for Jimmy, you know what I mean?

That would be a conversation.

And it's, you know, that's a sad reflection of our times if companies are going to feel they have to take that kind of action because of the Trump administration.

Yeah, you know, nobody's really leaking, which is unusual in these situations.