The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is preparing a series of rulings that could affect Walt Disney Company’s ABC television operations, according to people familiar with the process. The FCC, led by Chairman Brendan Carr, is expected to formally determine that ABC’s daytime talk show “The View” is not a bona fide news program, likely before the Labor Day holiday in September 2026. That move would remove the show’s exemption from federal equal-time rules for political candidates, requiring ABC stations to offer comparable airtime to opposing candidates. Separately, the FCC plans to refer its investigation of Disney’s ABC broadcast licenses to an administrative law judge, potentially affecting eight major-market stations.

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