The only ABC-related event this period is unrelated to the previous antitrust investigation: professional dancer Val Chmerkovskiy was suspended for one week from Dancing With the Stars over a post referencing the Oscars slap incident, with Variety attributing the pull to a slap joke involving judge Carrie Ann Inaba. People.com described it as the first professional suspension in the series' history; Chmerkovskiy apologized to Inaba. No new developments were reported on the Justice Department's antitrust probe into the five major networks from the previous period.
- Dancing With the Stars professional Val Chmerkovskiy was suspended for one week over a post referencing the Oscars slap incident, with Variety attributing the pull to a slap joke involving judge Carrie Ann Inaba.
- People.com described it as the first professional suspension in the series' history; Chmerkovskiy apologized to Inaba.
- No new developments were reported on the Justice Department's antitrust probe into the five major networks from the previous period.
