FCC orders early license renewal for ABC stations following Kimmel’s first lady joke

First lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump attend the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C, on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

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The Federal Communications Commission has ordered The Walt Disney Company’s ABC to seek early broadcast license renewals for the eight TV stations it owns.

The move follows criticism from first lady Melania Trump who objected to a joke about

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