Because they think they stand to lose more subscribers than if they don't. The Kimmel canceling resulted in some unkno6but large amount of streaming cancellations, and they've been bleeding subscribers ever since the price started going over $5 for plain Disney+.
Why would ABC work to bring back a show with 160,000 nightly viewers? Judging from Colbert's boondoggle it was almost certainly losing money.
Hmmmmmm
Because they think they stand to lose more subscribers than if they don't. The Kimmel canceling resulted in some unkno6but large amount of streaming cancellations, and they've been bleeding subscribers ever since the price started going over $5 for plain Disney+.