Disney Wanted to Turn Down the Heat. Now It Needs Jimmy Kimmel to Put Out a Fire

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In its stated desire to bring down the temperature, Disney and ABC's response in sidelining their late-night host set the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" controversy on fire. Now the company seems to be relying on Kimmel - the guy who has deliciously skewered the network at its upfront presentations for years - to find the right words to get it out of a seemingly impossible situation. Can Kimmel do that when he returns on Tuesday night in a way that will satisfy all of the interested parties, from the conservative-leaning station groups that pulled his show to the Trump-picked FCC chairman, . . .
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