Senior TV executives initially supported Jimmy Kimmel in the hours before they switched course and made the stark decision to pull his show indefinitely.

More details are emerging about the moments leading up to ABC’s decision to “indefinitely” cut Jimmy Kimmel Live!, including last-minute meetings where executives were reportedly “pissing themselves,” according to Rolling Stone. The report quotes two sources familiar with the tense hours before the decision.

They said senior executives from ABC, its parent company Disney, and national network affiliates had held damage control meetings after the MAGA reaction to Monday’s show.

In those meetings, multiple executives backed Kimmel before ABC ultimately decided to cut the late-night host’s show, sources said, adding senior executives ul

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