Disney might not like her when she’s angry.
“She-Hulk” star Tatiana Maslany is urging fans to cancel their Disney subscriptions in protest of ABC’s decision to suspend “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
The Regina-born actor made the appeal Thursday on her Instagram story, sharing an image of herself in motion caption gear to film “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” the Disney+ Marvel series she stars in.
“Cancel your @disneyplus @hulu @espn subscriptions!” she wrote in the caption.
ABC, which is owned by Disney, announced Wednesday that it has “indefinitely” suspended Kimmel’s show following his comments about the assassination of Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
The veteran late-night comic made several remarks on his Monday and Tuesday night shows, including that “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”
The move comes after U.S. President Donald Trump urged the Federal Communications Commission to revoke licences from outlets giving him 鈥渂ad press,鈥 and the agency鈥檚 chairman slammed Kimmel鈥檚 remarks as 鈥渢ruly sick,鈥 warning that Kimmel, ABC and Disney could be held liable for spreading misinformation.
Maslany joins several voices in Hollywood calling for a Disney boycott.
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon touched on the suspension of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in the Thursday night episodes of their own late-night shows, while protesters took to the streets in front of ABC. (Sept. 19, 2025)
AP VideoDamon Lindelof, creator of the ABC series “Lost,” said on social media Thursday that he wouldn’t work with Disney until “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” is reinstated.
“I was shocked, saddened and infuriated by yesterday鈥檚 suspension and look forward to it being lifted soon,” Lindelof wrote on Instagram.
“Transparent” star Amy Landecker posted a screenshot of her Disney+ cancellation page on social media, while “Watchmen” star Frances Fisher said she would join protests against Kimmel’s suspension in Los Angeles.
Media analyst James Nadler says Kimmel’s suspension is reminiscent of the McCarthy era of the 1950s, when networks blacklisted certain voices in Hollywood due to government pressure.
“What seems to be happening in the United States is it’s going back to that era when major corporations like Disney, like CBS-Paramount are afraid to protect free speech, even when it’s the free speech of a comedian,” says the associate professor of media production at 海角社区官网Metropolitan University.
In July, CBS announced it would cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next spring, citing financial reasons. The decision came just three days after Colbert criticized the settlement between Trump and CBS parent company Paramount Global over a lawsuit involving a “60 Minutes” segment Trump claimed was misedited.
“And it’s not going to stop. This is just the beginning, because President Trump has explicitly stated the next people he’s going after are Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon.”
But Nadler is not immediately concerned about that censorship spilling across the border.
“Both Liberals and Conservatives have often complained about the CBC and its criticism of them, but I’m not worried that our current government would apply those kinds of pressures to a public broadcaster or a private broadcaster. We’re not in the same place,” he says.
Still, he worries about what effect a shrinking of diversity of perspectives from U.S. outlets may have on Canadians watching them.
There is no animating principle here except cruelty and revenge, Bruce Arthur writes.
“People here watch U.S. programming. If that programming becomes less balanced about the discussion on Donald Trump, then people who only get their news from their friends and from TikTok, they might not have a full picture.”
- With files from the Associated Press
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 19, 2025.
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