Brian Stelter

So...

Yeah, it is amazing to go from the man show to where Kimmel is now.

But he seems perfectly positioned to do it, at least between now and May.

I suppose there's a world where he does see benefits to being free from some parent company.

But working for Disney also conveys a lot of benefits, you know, including the fact that he was on almost 200 stations last night, even though a few dozen of them refused to air the show.

You know, working for Disney does bring him some even more high-profile visibility.

You know, there are some benefits to his platform, as well as certainly some drawbacks.

And I think now we're in this moment where...

You know, Kimmel is a cause, right?

For better or worse, whatever you think of it, Kimmel's a cause.

What he went through and the public pressure from the administration is part of the cause.

If anything, this, I don't know, maybe I'm wrong, Dan.

Maybe this weds him more to ABC and Disney in the short term, at least.

The way I like to think about Colbert, the way I frame it is, if Kamala Harris were president, Colbert's show would still be on the air.

It wouldn't be facing this May cancellation.

That's the way I think about it.

Yes, the financial story is real.

Yes, the show, you know, was losing money, depending on how you do the math, and there's lots of ways to do TV math.

But the bottom line is, in a Harris administration, this would not be happening.

That being said...