{"id":28072,"date":"2025-09-20T21:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T21:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/28072\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T21:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T21:16:08","slug":"mark-ruffalo-warns-disneys-stock-price-will-drop-a-lot-further-if-abc-cancels-jimmy-kimmel-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/28072\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Ruffalo Warns Disney\u2019s Stock Price Will Drop \u201cA Lot Further\u201d If ABC Cancels \u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Marvel star Mark Ruffalo has joined fellow Hulk actor Tatiana Maslany<\/a> in condemning ABC parent company Disney\u2019s decision to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! following pressure from the FCC and affiliate owners.<\/p>\n

In comments posted to Thread<\/a>s this morning, the longtime MCU actor, who has portrayed the comic book green giant since 2012\u2019s The Avengers, shared a report indicating Disney\u2019s stock had dropped by 7% following ABC\u2019s suspension of the late-night mainstay program.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s going to go down a lot further if they cancel his show,\u201d the Task star noted. \u201cDisney does not want to be the ones that broke America.\u201d (Indeed, per financial analytics<\/a>, Disney\u2019s stock price did decrease after news of Kimmel\u2019s sidelining broke Wednesday, reaching a low of $112 per share compared to the previous $116 average, a drop of 3.5%. Since then, share prices have gradually begun climbing up.)<\/p>\n

Ruffalo \u2014 a vocal critic of the Trump administration and staunch activist for human rights \u2014 is the latest big name attached to the Mouse House to speak out against the move, which has sent shockwaves through both entertainment and political spheres. Earlier, Maslany called for consumers to boycott the corporation by canceling their subscriptions to services like Hulu and Disney+, while The Fantastic Four: First Steps star Pedro Pascal noted his support of Kimmel<\/a>, writing that democracy and free speech must be protected.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Andor\u00a0writer and recently minted Emmy winner Dan Gilroy penned a guest column in Deadline denouncing the\u00a0\u201cvenomous evil\u201d and governmental \u201csiege\u201d<\/a>\u00a0the network pulling represented, and\u00a0former Disney CEO Michael Eisner<\/a>\u00a0condemned the move as a signal of poor leadership at Disney. In Hollywood overall,\u00a0guilds have reacted with fervor<\/a>, with writers and actors\u00a0protesting at the company lot in Burbank<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ABC indefinitely suspended Kimmel\u2019s late-night show after FCC chair\u00a0Brendan Carr<\/a>\u00a0threatened action<\/a>\u00a0over a joke made at President Donald Trump\u2019s expense<\/a>, in which the host poked fun at POTUS\u2019 seeming lack of grief over the shooting death of ultra-right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk and said the \u201cMAGA gang\u201d is trying to characterize alleged killer Tyler Robinson as \u201canything other than one of them\u201d in an attempt to \u201cscore political points.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can do this the easy way or the hard way,\u201d Carr had noted on a podcast, reacting to the right-wing ire over Kimmel\u2019s monologue material. \u201cThese companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there\u2019s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

The preemption was also due to pressure from large affiliate-owning conglomerates like Nexstar \u2014currently eyeing a multi-billion-dollar deal to purchase rival Tegna<\/a> (which would require FCC oversight) \u2014 which pulled the show for the\u00a0\u201cforeseeable future,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and did so\u00a0\u201cunilaterally\u201d without pressure from the government agency<\/a>. Meanwhile, Sinclair Broadcast Group, the second largest national station operator and largest owner of ABC affiliates, said it would not lift the suspension until Kimmel had apologized to Kirk\u2019s family and made a \u201cmeaningful donation\u201d to his conservative nonprofit organization Turning Point USA. As such, the company replaced its Kimmel slot\u00a0with a tribute to Kirk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Trump has\u00a0celebrated the news<\/a>, implying that late-night hosts Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon are next up for removal.<\/p>\n

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