The FCC did not end or pause the early review of ABC's eight station licences by 3 November 2026: a Reuters report of 4 November (read via CNA, off-list host) says the review is still in focus and Chairman Brendan Carr said last week he had made no decisions on the licences, and Deadline reports no FCC statement ending it; fcc.gov returns Access Denied.
History. No count from past fights: none of them shows a regulator dropping its own action. This question comes from the FCC's motive to keep pressure through licences.
Hunch. The FCC chair said in July that ABC's refusal to air a speech by the president would likely come up in the review, which points to keeping it open.
Resolves YES if by 3 November 2026 the FCC itself says the early review of ABC's eight station licences is finished, cancelled or paused, on fcc.gov or in a statement reported by The Guardian or BBC. A pause only because a court ordered it counts as NO.
We looked for cases where a company or group asked a US federal court to stop a government body acting against it, and said the action was revenge for what it had said or published. We found 13 such fights since 2018. The five shown here are the closest to ABC's: the judge did not decide on the day of the first hearing. In all five the court in the end stopped the government or struck down its action.