It’s been nearly a year since Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was suspended for one of his jokes on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and since then it seems FCC chairman Brendan Carr has been coming down on ABC. The View, in particular, has come under fire from the agency recently, as well as eight local stations. The network continues to defend its properties against FCC interference, and a new court filing calls out Carr’s agency for “extraordinary and unprecedented” actions.
ABC and Disney are facing action from the FCC on two investigations, and with a possible deadline looming on its decision, the network brought on veteran attorney Beth Wilkinson. On July 30, new court documents were filed calling out Brendan Carr for requiring eight local stations to undergo an early renewal process for their broadcast licenses. The documents read (per THR):
