As it turns out, whenever a statement wants to be made by a mass audience through a boycott, the effects can be palpable. Following statements about the killing of Charlie Kirk, late night show host and frequent Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel was promptly taken off the air, with the show given a brief hiatus. Even after the show was confirmed to be brought back, there were still media companies like Nexstar and Sinclair, who run affiliate stations, whose chairperson made comments that suggested that they would still replace the show with regular programming due to the nature of Kimmel's remarks. Still, consumers similarly spoke out in their own way, which is evident by recent churn data for the Walt Disney-affiliated subscription services.

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