The president has repeatedly threatened networks over their news coverage and raged against late-night comedians like Kimmel and Colbert for making fun of him. Of the Big Three networks (sorry, kids, I’m old) Comcast-owned NBC has so far stood its ground.

Jimmy Kimmel had planned to directly confront the MAGA backlash to his comments on Charlie Kirk and President Trump hours before his talk show was yanked off the air by ABC on Wednesday. Kimmel had a pre-show meeting with Dana Walden,

The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration.

It looks like leadership at ABC wants to bring Jimmy Kimmel back to television, if they can. Kimmel met with Disney TV executive Dana Walden and ABC late-night chief Rob Mills in Los Angeles Thursday,