Disney CEO Bob Iger was a guest on the ManningCast during Monday Night Football, and fans were absolutely furious with what transpired.
YouTube TV and Disney are in the middle of a carriage dispute that is preventing many from being able to watch ESPN. It is trending toward being the longest blackout in Disney’s history. With Iger coming on an ESPN show, many believed he would address the dispute, or at least give an update. Somehow, it never came up.
Peyton and Eli Manning refused to ask any questions of Iger, and instead covered topics no one really cared about. Fans were not thrilled, and some of their best reactions are below.
Bob Iger talking about the Packers on ESPN pic.twitter.com/I1skqPL3QB
— factoid connoisseur mike (@michaelcuozzo_) November 11, 2025
Disney CEO Bob Iger just appeared on the Manningcast, and Peyton and Eli didn't ask a single question about YouTube TV blacking out ESPN.
Not ideal.
— Rob Tornoe (@RobTornoe) November 11, 2025
There are 10 million YouTube TV subscribers truly broken up over not seeing Bob Iger tonight. pic.twitter.com/QNwgydoccr
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) November 11, 2025
If Bob Iger speaks on @espn #MondayNightFootball during the #manningcast, but 10,000,000 @YouTubeTV users didn’t get to see it, did he really appear? 🤔
Also, who cares to hear what he has to say? I love the Manning Cast, but this is the most irrelevant guest nobody watching… pic.twitter.com/5DuViukF3y
— Mike Morgan 🏘🎧🦅 (@DJMikeMorgan) November 11, 2025
So Bob Iger and ESPN make their on air Presenters beg fans to hassle youtube about ESPN not being on YTTV but can't even say the same on the Mannicast.. That is so friggin soft .. #MondayNightFootball #nfl #espn
— David Evertsen (@davidevertsen) November 11, 2025
Why would I want to watch Bob Iger talk sports? Unless you're putting ESPN back on YTTV, I really don't care what else you have to say, Bob.
— Jake Blanchard 🇺🇸💪 (@jkthsnkblnchrd) November 11, 2025
Manning cast having bob iger on pic.twitter.com/FZfg4iRFLO
— HogwartsDropout🏁824 (@mr_burton91) November 11, 2025
Waiting for Peyton and Eli to ask Bob Iger about YouTubeTV pic.twitter.com/pvHESSHzlI
— Chris Howell (@ChrisHHowell) November 11, 2025
Peyton to Iger: You went to college in upstate New York ...
What are we doing here? #IthacaCollege pic.twitter.com/qarIeFMKKS
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) November 11, 2025
It is genuinely shocking that Iger even accepted the invitation to be on-air during the dispute if he wasn’t going to provide some kind of update. Instead, he and the Mannings blissfully acted like nothing abnormal was going on.
Instead of addressing the issue impacting 10 million customers, they did a quick segment talking about sports.
Monday is the 11th day of the carriage dispute between Disney and YouTube TV, which makes it the second-longest blackout in Disney history. The longest happened in September of 2024, when DirecTV and Disney had a dispute that lasted 13 days. In 2023, Charter and Disney were at odds for 11 days as well.
The dispute has now cost YouTube TV subscribers two weeks of Monday Night Football.
In case anyone impacted is reading, the Packers and Eagles are tied 0-0 midway through the second quarter. You haven’t missed much, including from Iger’s appearance.
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