The first College Football Playoff rankings show will not be on YouTube TV as ESPN remains off its platform due to the ongoing Disney-Google dispute

Amid an ongoing carriage dispute with YouTube TV, Disney/ESPN abruptly pulled its programming from the popular streaming service Thursday evening just before midnight ET. The Disney/ESPN blackout quickly created a stir online among angry YouTube TV customers,

Disney’s top brass told the troops that the media company’s leaders are going to continue to fight for a “fair deal” with Google’s YouTube TV, after the internet service pulled ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks Thursday night.

Millions of YouTube TV subscribers woke up to a major blackout this week as Disney’s networks—including ABC and ESPN—vanished from the streaming service. YouTube TV removed Disney’s channels about 30 minutes before the previous carriage deal expired at midnight ET,

Disney began running public announcements on YouTube TV at 5 p.m. ET, Oct. 30, 2025, to notify YouTube TV customers that services would discontinue at 11:59 p.m. ET should Google and Disney not reach an agreement on a new live TV streaming services contract.

YouTube TV will drop ESPN, ABC and other Disney networks at midnight ET Thursday. Google and Disney remain far apart on a deal in a dispute over pricing.

Channels owned by The Walt Disney Co., including ABC, ESPN, Disney Channel, Freeform and others will be pulled from the Google-owned pay-TV service at midnight ET after the two sides failed to come to terms on a new carriage agreement ahead of a midnight deadline.

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Disney and YouTube TV are heading towards a possible blackout, with millions of viewers at risk of losing access to ABC, ESPN, and other Disney-owned channels. The existing distribution agreement between the two media giants is set to expire on 30 October at 11:59 p.

Disney is locked in dispute with YouTube TV, which has become the number three pay-TV operator in the United States, per Deadline. The tech giant operates differently than a typical cable provider, trading channel surfing for algorithms that deliver content to customers directly.