{"id":1181097,"date":"2025-09-19T07:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/?p=1181097"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:04:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:04:27","slug":"tatiana-maslany-she-hulk-disney-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviemaker.com\/tatiana-maslany-she-hulk-disney-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Tatiana Maslany, Star of Disney+’s She-Hulk, Calls for Cancelling Disney+ Over Kimmel Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tatiana Maslany, star of Disney+’s Marvel show She-Hulk: Attorney at Law<\/em>, was among Disney veterans who called for fans to cancel their subscriptions to Disney-owned Disney+, Hulu and ESPN after Disney’s ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves at the behest of the Trump Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCancel your @disneyplus @hulu @espn subscriptions!\u201d the Canadian actress wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She joined many Hollywood insiders who stood up to the company after it “indefinitely” pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em> on Wednesday over comments involving murdered conservative activist Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon Lindelof, who co-created ABC’s hit Lost<\/em>, said on Instagram he would not work with Disney unless Kimmel’s show returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I was shocked, saddened and infuriated by yesterday\u2019s suspension and look forward to it being lifted soon. If it isn\u2019t, I can\u2019t in good conscience work for the company that imposed it,” he wrote Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The protests, of course, aren’t just about Kimmel, but about the principle that the government shouldn’t be able to censor speech it disagrees with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Landecker, known for shows including Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale<\/em>, shared an image of the cancellation page from her Disney+ account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations shared a post<\/a> that read “Protest Playbook: Save Jimmy Kimmel” that urged fans to cancel Disney+ and leave the message, \u201cI\u2019m canceling because Jimmy Kimmel was removed.\u201d The company also shared an email address for Disney CEO Bob Iger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Bottom line: Companies like Disney only respond when there\u2019s economic pressure + bad PR. A loud, organized, visible campaign gives them a reason to reverse course,” Exhibitor Relations wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Representatives for Disney did not immediately respond Friday to a request for comment on the calls for cancellations, or on whether they have noticed an uptick in cancellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The calls to cancel Disney+ follow objections to Kimmel’s suspension<\/a> by former President Obama, numerous celebrities, and the Hollywood unions SAG-AFTRA and the WGA, among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his monologue Thursday night, Kimmel’s fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert said Kimmel’s suspension was \u201cblatant censorship.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colbert himself had his CBS show cancelled \u2014 effective at the end of its current season \u2014 after he criticized Trump and Paramount, which owns CBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tatiana Maslany, star of Disney+’s She-Hulk, calls on people to cancel Disney+, Hulu and ESPN over the Jimmy Kimmel suspension,<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Background on Jimmy Kimmel Being Suspended <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brendan Carr, who Trump appointed as chair of the Federal Communications Commission, threatened on Wednesday that the FCC might take action against Disney-owned ABC, saying on a podcast<\/a>, “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there\u2019s going to be additional work for the F.C.C. ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also called on ABC’s network affiliates to say, “Listen, we are going to pre-empt, we are not going to run Kimmel anymore until you straighten this out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within hours, Nexstar, which needs FCC approval for a planned $6.2 billion deal to acquire a rival, announced that it would pre-empt Kimmel’s show. Additionally, Sinclair, which also owns ABC affiliate stations, said it would also stop airing Kimmel’s show, and called on Kimmel to apologize and \u201cmake a meaningful personal donation\u201d Kirk\u2019s family and his conservtive activist group, Turning Point USA. (Sinclair later said it would air a tribute to Kirk during Kimmel’s timeslot Friday.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late Wednesday, ABC announced that it would “indefinitely” pull Kimmel’s show from the airwaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Trump applauded the movie, and called on other networks to cancel their late-night hosts as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that\u2019s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT” the president wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Jimmy Kimmel Said About Charlie Kirk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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