Mickey Mouse supplied the opening act of Disney’s 2025-2026 upfront presentation, held in Manhattan’s Javits Heart on Tuesday. However the G-rated character correctly didn’t stick round for the R-rated finale. 

Jimmy Kimmel as soon as once more served because the occasion’s nearer… and he introduced the verbal fireworks. Through the course of his roughly 15-minute set—an opening video followed by a monologue—the late-night host merrily roasted the Mouse Home (to not point out its opponents) till they had been crispier than considered one of Jack-Jack’s cookie num nums.

Nothing and nobody was secure from Kimmel’s comedian arrows. The way forward for ESPN+ now that the direct-to-consumer ESPN service exists? “The plus is now, in some ways, a minus.” NBCUniversal’s new spin-off firm, Versant? “It feels like one thing you subscribed to by chance.”

And how about ABC’s fall lineup, which notably contains just one new scripted dramatic sequence (911: Nashville) that additionally occurs to be a spin-off? “[It] actually begs the query—what are we doing right here?”

(Learn our full recap of Kimmel’s blistering monologue under.)


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The ribbing was all in good enjoyable, however Kimmel knowingly spoke to a number of the realities that individuals flock to Disney’s big range of leisure properties, from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars to Moana and The Bear, particularly to keep away from.

“Nobody is aware of what the longer term holds,” he acknowledged. “However I’ll go away you with this: We’re the primary multi-platform community.” 

“What does that imply?” he added after a well-timed beat. “We don’t know. And we’re hoping you don’t both.”

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Really, Jimmy, Disney advert gross sales head Rita Ferro is aware of precisely what being the primary multi-platform community means. And she or he used her opening remarks to stipulate what makes Mickey Mouse’s area a clubhouse advertisers wish to be a part of, regardless of the uncertain headwinds dealing with the {industry} at giant.