# Will NBC fold and fire Fallon and Meyers and, if so, when? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [September 18, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nbc-fold-and-fire-fallon-and-meyers-and-if-so-when/1023162 "2025-09-18T18:46:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nbc-fold-and-fire-fallon-and-meyers-and-if-so-when/1023162/11 "2025-09-18T22:48:56Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Seems to me like it’s time for a talent strike As I noted in another thread on the Fallon situation: only the very biggest stars have any leverage whatsoever. > [@ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel show indefinitely because of comments about GOP response to Charlie Kirk death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death/1023138/133): > > Any but the very biggest/most prominent ones have zero leverage in this. Disney can easily say, “you don’t want this job? No worries: a thousand other talented people do. You are not unique, and we don’t need you.” > > And, even the most prominent stars may well be leery of taking a public stand, and getting their careers cancelled, too. Edit: as was often discussed during the recent SAG strike: the vast majority of SAG actors aren’t working at any given time, and only something like 2% of SAG members are able to make a living solely by acting. Actors who decide to strike over this will likely replaced by actors willing to cross the picket line. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nbc-fold-and-fire-fallon-and-meyers-and-if-so-when/1023162)._