President Donald Trump says ABC had “better” fire Jimmy Kimmel soon, in his latest broadside against the network and its popular late-night comedian.

The second round of Trump administration attacks on Disney, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel has played out differently than the one we saw last fall.

A joke last week about the first lady being an “expectant widow” brought the late-night host back in the president’s ire.

The regulatory agency issued the order after President Trump and first lady Melania Trump urged ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

Donald Trump weighed in on one of late-night television’s controversial monologues this week, escalating a feud that has now drawn in the First Lady. The President and Melania Trump separately took aim at Jimmy Kimmel over a recent joke,

Trump has called for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired over a joke about the first lady having "the glow of an expectant widow."

The licenses were originally scheduled to be renewed between 2028 and 2031.

The latest brouhaha between President Donald Trump and Jimmy Kimmel has sparked a billboard campaign from MoveOne.org targeting Disney and ABC offices in Southern California.

Schwartzman said it has been “many decades” since the FCC invoked the early renewal provision against a large broadcaster. The process itself doesn’t change a license’s actual expiration date, and ABC’s eight TV stations are scheduled for renewals between 2028 and 2031.

While it's not the first time Kimmel has faced backlash over a show monologue, the renewed challenges now fall under freshly installed Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro.