<![CDATA[Three months ago, ABC and Disney pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air for a week, after their late-night host's defamatory rant about the nature of Charlie Kirk's assassination. Their two largest affiliate groups refused to air the show when ABC brought him back, but finally knuckled under when Disney started playing hardball over their affiliate contracts. The controversy allowed Disney to pose as a First Amendment stalwart, but any ratings boost faded as quickly as one might imagine. ]]>