• ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has provoked another political controversy.
• Kimmel joked that Melania Trump "had a glow like an expectant widow."
• The first lady said on social media that Kimmel "shouldn't have the opportunity" to "spread hate."

Jimmy Kimmel is back in the middle of a political firestorm.

The ABC host drew the ire of Melania Trump after joking Thursday on his late-night show that the first lady "had a glow like an expectant widow." Kimmel told the joke days before a gunman entered the building hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night.

"Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country," Melania Trump wrote on X on Monday morning. "His monologue about my family isn't comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America."

The first lady added that "people like Kimmel shouldn't have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate."

"Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand. How many times will ABC's leadership enable Kimmel's atrocious behavior at the expense of our community," Melania Trump's post continued.

President Donald Trump seconded his wife's anti-Kimmel sentiment by encouraging Disney to cut ties with the comedian.

"Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday afternoon.

ABC suspended Kimmel's show last fall for comments he made about Charlie Kirk's killer, which drew the condemnation of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Kimmel was reinstated by ABC days later following an outcry from free-speech advocates.

Nexstar and Sinclair, which each own hundreds of local TV stations, initially refused to air "Jimmy Kimmel Live," though they eventually agreed to let their ABC affiliates show it.

Leaders at ABC and Disney, its parent company, now must decide whether to take any action against Kimmel and risk another boycott, or stand behind the comic.

It's the latest challenge for new Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro, who's already dealt with his company's OpenAI deal falling apart and the shelving of a controversy-plagued season of "The Bachelorette."

• Netflix just raised prices again, following in the footsteps of Disney+, HBO Max, and Peacock.
• Steady price increases from paid streamers may be helping fuel the growth of free services like YouTube.
• Netflix will still deliver viewers solid value on a cost-per-hour basis after the hike.

Netflix is fully aboard the stream-flation bandwagon.

The streaming giant just raised prices for its three plans, a little over a year after it last asked subscribers to pay more.

Netflix's standard ad-free plan now costs $19.99 a month, up from $17.99, while the premium 4K plan also got a $2 increase to $26.99 a month. The ad-supported Netflix subscription rose by a dollar to $8.99 a month.

While Netflix customers may complain about higher prices, most other major streamers have also steadily gotten more expensive.

Disney+, HBO Max, Peacock, and Apple TV+ all raised prices last year following Netflix's January 2025 hike. Disney has raised the price of its flagship streaming service in each of the past four years.

Hollywood is trying to squeeze more money out of each streaming subscriber to improve or achieve profitability.

However, there are signs that consumers are sick of stream-flation.

Free streamers like YouTube have become increasingly popular in recent years, growing in viewership share on US TVs, as measured by Nielsen. Increased costs could be driving some consumers toward free streaming services ranging from the Roku Channel to Fox's Tubi.

The good news for Netflix is that it still looks like a solid deal for consumers after its latest round of price hikes.

Netflix's ad plan is cheaper than comparable plans for Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, and Peacock (it's the same price as Paramount+ and the stand-alone version of Amazon's Prime Video).

Netflix also offers a far larger library than most of its rivals and is watched more frequently than its peers. That made Netflix the best value by hours watched, UBS analysts wrote last year.

Still, the new price hike won't quiet the critics who said Netflix's failed pursuit of WBD was a sign the streamer was running short on avenues for organic user growth.