Shareholders Threaten Disney With Lawsuit Over Decision to Suspend Jimmy Kimmel

Lawyers representing labor and media groups said they may sue if Disney does not comply within five days.

A security guard outside the theater where "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was recorded for broadcast on the day after Disney announced that the show would return to its ABC network lineup following Kimmel’s temporary suspension, in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2025. Aude Guerrucci/Reuters

Disney is under pressure from shareholders to disclose how it came to its decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show in response to public backlash over the host’s comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

In a letter sent to The Walt Disney Company on Sept. 24, some investors asked the parent company of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to hand over any documents in its possession related to its decision last week to pull Kimmel off the airwaves.