I know what you mean one would think TWWOD on Disney+ given where we are now with show and movie promotions.
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The ABC vs the FCC war of words has escalated…
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Cross-promotion on the network make sense. NBC dominates Sunday nights in the fall with football, and has expanded to make it a year round sports night. CBS has done decently with procedural dramas. Fox has its animation/comedy block. ABC filling the evening with library content that can cross promote the brand is logical and useful.
Groups file formal petition to deny over FCC's probes into Disney, ABC
June 26, 2026 - The filing makes the organizations formal parties to the proceeding, granting them standing to participate in the case and appeal future FCC decisions.
thedesk.net
More fallout on the FCC vs Disney situation.
US media regulator Brendan Carr accuses Disney of ‘misinformation’ on investigations
Disney-owned ABC launched awareness campaign about two FCC investigations it faces, urging viewers to write in
Here is the chairmans response to the Disney FCC petitions.
Fascists don’t like being challenged
Glad to see Disney fighting this will go to the courts and The FCC will lose. I don't think making comments to The FCC ways those that are on The FCC and I doubt that their reading the comments in my opinion. It's for those that are really passionate about topic that The FCC has to be on the public record. I'm not writing a comment to The FCC since they don't care what I have to say plus I don't want to be on the record LOL.
Watch the Department of Justice start investigations of everyone who submits comments to the FCC supporting ABC.
Pro-Trump groups to tell Brendan Carr to yank Disney’s TV licenses
The requests inject claims of political bias into a process that will determine if Disney keeps its lucrative licenses.
This is going on the levels we seen when other countries had their network license yanked. But in this case it’s directed at the local TV licenses Disney manages.
What next for ABS-CBN, the network that fell afoul of Duterte?
Congress has refused to renew the broadcaster’s franchise, citing bias and lewdness, leaving a question mark over 11,000 jobs. Sceptics draw a parallel to its treatment under Marcos.
www.scmp.com
It has a resemblance to how ABS-CBN Philippines had their radio and TV network license yanked because of the then Duterte Administration didn’t like the news coverage directed at them.
Whether or not the FCC loses will very much depend on whoever the judge is hearing the case. And, if the Trump Administration loses, it will most likely appeal the decision all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if it has to. The president's ability to muffle public criticism of him and his policies would be on the line here.
There isn’t a case yet. There may well be in the not so distant future, but for now it’s Disney pushing back against an action, not filing a suit. If it does go to a trial, it almost certainly would eventually wind up before SCOTUS; neither side is going to concede until all avenue are exhausted or they reach a settlement.
A bit of irony that ABC is the network going all in on the over-the-top, sugar-coated patriotism this week with that 24-hour (and then some) nonstop propaganda fest. It’s exactly the kind of thing the current regime seems to bask in, but because one late-night comedian poked fun at the gasbag in chief, here we are.
A bit of irony that ABC is the network going all in on the over-the-top, sugar-coated patriotism this week with that 24-hour (and then some) nonstop propaganda fest. It’s exactly the kind of thing the current regime seems to bask in, but because one late-night comedian poked fun at the gasbag in chief, here we are.
Although that process could take so long the next President might (hopefully) decide to drop any court appeals.
We can hope
True and heres the other part The Trump administration core issues goes all the way back when he was the CEO of Trump inc. He put out this image to the public that the CEO of a company is a dictator for ages and it lead to multiple lawsuits against him directly. We proven it right here we compare him to other CEO's especially companies like Disney. We proven here that companies like Disney need board of directors for approval, Disney needs to deal with consultants from their legal team to investment groups all to respond to stuff like Trumps/Carr's FCC threats. Here is more.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
The Media Research Center has filed a 27-page petition to deny the ABC station license renewals, on much the same grounds as Trump claims, but also without citeable examples:
rbr.com
Bozell Seeks FCC Refusal To Renew ABC Station Licenses | Radio & Television Business Report
David Bozell has continued the Media Research Center's mission of serving as "a stronghold against misinformation, media bias, and distortion, promoting a culture of fairness, accuracy, and accountability" by petitioning the FCC to deny the early license renewals of ABC Owned Stations' eight...
rbr.com
The big problem I see with the petition is it's totally based on the network, and not the individual stations. ABC as a network doesn't have a license, and the FCC has no jurisdiction over the network. Only the stations. If the petition seeks to deny licenses, it needs to specify what the local licensee did, not the network. I see absolutely nothing in the petition directed at the licensees, other than they occasionally carry a network.
It's also very selective in cherry picking the things it doesn't like without mentioning that those same stations carry a lot of other very positive things. This is why these petitions from the MRC usually go nowhere. But since Bozell has friends in the white house and at the FCC, he will get some attention.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Someday I would like to see the FCC only deal with licensing of spectrum and adherence to licensed operating parameters, and have no say in what those licensees choose to broadcast. The concept of "serving the public interest" has become meaningless as the average member of the public defines that based on their own personal and political leanings.
Ok then but we mentioned it was about something else initially about two of their shows like the View and Jimmy Kimmel. But its too wide of a net without specifics. The complaints now include ABC's World News Tonight in this mix. Yes its about controlling the press pool and the 1st amendment because Carr says so type stuff here.
Here's one Lisa Stark one of the former ABC News staff members organized a petition to stop Chairman Carr over interfering with the 1st amendment. That petition is still relevant as Chairman Carr keeps saying all sorts of stuff to justify going after Disney. But then again its a symptom of the Trump administration going back to the time Trump was CEO of Trump inc. Yes its the CEO is the dictator image that the president like to flash out to his supporters.
The thing I'm struck by in reading all this is why Disney doesn't do what Comcast did yesterday. Spin off ABC. Maybe include some of the branded cable channels.
I realize it would be a very un-Disney thing to do. They believe in synergy. However, they now have a new CEO who maybe isn't as attached to the old ways as Bob Iger. So he may be open to spinning off a non-core asset.
I realize it would be a very un-Disney thing to do. They believe in synergy. However, they now have a new CEO who maybe isn't as attached to the old ways as Bob Iger. So he may be open to spinning off a non-core asset.