From what I've found, it looks more like this is something that is being expected or rumored to happen. What I mean by that is multiple sources have picked up on this and have commented on it and have said it's a threatened or speculated action. The three sources I'm going to be pulling from are Hello Magazine, Deadline, and New York Post.
No,w the whole reason this is speculated is because Kimmel made some interesting comments regarding Charlie Kirk's death. For the sake of research I'm going to keep my opinion neutral to not sway information. Jimmy Kimmel's live show was suspended Wednesday, of september 17th, for commenting on the death of Charlie Kirk. In qoute these were the things he said on live TV, "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it." He went on to add that he found President Trump's reaction to Kirk's death odd " (Hill). This caused some censorship as well as people being mad about the censorship. ABC decided to censor the comments Kimmel made.
Stephen Colbert, another late-night host, commented on ABC's actions and said, "I'll say this for my network. They wouldn't have done this. Now, regardless of what you think, that has already been done and how that looks, this is weak. This is blatant censorship." (Hill).
Disney share holders also wanted to get a piece into the mix asking about his threat to sue and wanted to know if improper political or affiliate preassures applied to his suspension. which headlined in Deadlines news outlet. so now it also seems there is a breach aswell, accoriding to, “There is a credible basis to suspect that the Board and executives may have breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty, care, and good faith by placing improper political or affiliate considerations above the best interests of the Company and its stockholders,” says a letter delivered to Bob Iger today from Roberta Kaplan' (Patten).
Deadline also added another qoute inregards to the follow up, “The Company’s response to the books and records demands set forth below will allow AFT and RWB to assess the ability of the Board to impartially consider a demand for action, including a request for permission to file a derivative lawsuit on Disney’s behalf in the event that members of the Board or Disney executives did not properly discharge their fiduciary duties,” the attorneys for the House of Mouse shareholders add." (Patten) but mainly the reason for this is because how how drastically the disney stock dropped in realtion to Kimmel being supeded by ABC to which some people also say it was from supposed threads towards a chairmen.
in regards to New York Post they go a diferent direction into explaining why the suing is occuring, and really they are sueing disney to release documents in regards to why they decided to suspend Kimmel for a week. they also further tie into the quote I earlier metnioned about bowing or breaking under political preassure in regards to the death of Charlie Kirk. This brings out a good point in the reason for sueing also being breach in fudiciary duties. New York Post qouted this from The Letter, “Although we are pleased that ABC did the right thing and put Jimmy Kimmel back on the air last night, due to the Trump administration’s continued threats to free speech, including with respect to ABC, we are writing to seek transparency into the initial decision to suspend him and his show,” (The Letter). New York Post also mentions in depth of why they are coming after disney again, to which I pulled this,
"The shareholders want access to any financial analyses estimating the fallout of Kimmel’s suspension, as well as documents outlining how executives handle “politically sensitive programming.”
They are also seeking copies of Disney’s affiliate agreements with Nexstar and Sinclair — the two broadcast groups whose threats to black out Kimmel’s show preceded the suspension — along with board-level emails, including those involving CEO Bob Iger, and any correspondence between Disney and federal officials or political organizations.
The letter to Disney noted that Delaware law allows shareholders to demand access to “books and records” to investigate potential corporate wrongdoing." (Zilber).
I think this qoute in itself sums up what we are trying to figure out here and that is if Kimmel is sueing. Now its not exactly Kimmel but, his affliated company for understanding and true concrete reasoning of why they sidelined Kimmel and if it was politically related to make them look "better" under political and affiliated preassure.
Cited Sources (in order of appearance)
Hill, Tess. “Everything We Know about Jimmy Kimmel’s Potential Lawsuit against Disney.” HELLO!, 19 Sept. 2025, www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/856885/jimmy-kimmel-potential-lawsuit-against-disney-everything-we-know/. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
Patten, Dominic. “Disney Shareholders Threaten Lawsuit over Kimmel Suspension Motives.” Deadline, 25 Sept. 2025, deadline.com/2025/09/disney-shareholders-legal-threat-kimmel-suspension-1236555246/.
Zilber, Ariel. “Disney Shareholders Demand Company Turn over Documents Related to Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: Report.” New York Post, 25 Sept. 2025, nypost.com/2025/09/25/business/disney-shareholders-demand-company-documents-on-jimmy-kimmel-suspension/.
