Kimmel Off The Air

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In reply to Dirty_Mike&the_boys • 10:22a, 9/23/25
Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
No Spin Ag said:
Kenneth_2003 said:
No Spin Ag said:
FireAg said:
I've been wondering (I have no proof of anything, mind you) if ABC told Kimmel "we'll lift your suspension and allow you and your employees return to work on the show and keep getting paid, but we can't promise you that everyone will air it across the country."

ABC could be looking at this as a sunk cost, given his current contract only runs through next May, and they determined they have no legal path to terminate it early and save $…

So they let him continue to work and avoid lawsuits that will cost even more $, and simply cut their losses with what he is already owed…

To my knowledge, they can't force affiliates to air the show, even if they continue to provide the content…


That's what I'm thinking as well. And honestly, there's nothing wrong with that. ABC provides the content and if an affiliate doesn't want to air it that's fine, there's others that will. That's as "let the market decide" as it gets.

FYI... Some of the local stations ARE corporate owned. I clicked over to ABC13 here in Houston and they are directly owned by ABC/Disney.


I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.


I think it's like 13 affiliates are Disney Corp owned. The majority are owned by Nextar, Sinclair and Gannet (who Nextar is trying to acquire) and both Sinclair and Nextar are heavily conservative ownership.


Then being conservative makes sense as to why they're doing it. It goes against their views, and even if they're in cities that aren't conservative, them refusing to show his show at least goes with their personal views.

The beauty of running their companies the way they see fit.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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10:22a, 9/23/25
So Jimmy and Gavin can jerk each other off in thirteen Blue cities to an audience of their few fans
"We're going to turn this red Prius into a soup kitchen!"
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In reply to FireAg • 10:24a, 9/23/25
FireAg said:
I've been wondering (I have no proof of anything, mind you) if ABC told Kimmel "we'll lift your suspension and allow you and your employees return to work on the show and keep getting paid, but we can't promise you that everyone will air it across the country."

ABC could be looking at this as a sunk cost, given his current contract only runs through next May, and they determined they have no legal path to terminate it early and save $…

So they let him continue to work and avoid lawsuits that will cost even more $, and simply cut their losses with what he is already owed…

To my knowledge, they can't force affiliates to air the show, even if they continue to provide the content…


I was wondering if this was ABC's way of placating Kimmel and all of the Hollywood libs that were mad about their decision. They probably knew a big percentage of affiliates still weren't going to carry it, so it's not like he's back to where he was from a show and exposure standpoint, but they can also shrug and pass the blame for that off to Sinclair and Nexstar.
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10:30a, 9/23/25
So who owns the ABC station in Houston?
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In reply to Logos Stick • 10:32a, 9/23/25
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In reply to oh no • 10:34a, 9/23/25
oh no said:
It's amazing that government can pressure tech platform monopolies to ban and censor the duly elected POTUS while they left ayatollahs, hezbolah and ISIS members, etc. on their platforms.

Government can pressure tech platform monopolies to ban, shadow ban, and censor anti-communist or conservative viewpoints.

Government can fund NGOs to create "independent" "fact-checkers" to add bias and discredit anti-communist or conservative viewpoints.

Government can set up "disinformation" boards and even name a "czar" for it to coordinate the censorship operations and control approved government narratives.

Government can pressure tech platform monopolies to ban and censor the nation's longest running news publication founded by Alexander Hamilton to protect their political installation ahead of an election.


...all things celebrated by the left.. but ABC Disney suspends Kimmel for a few days for vile lies aimed at more division and hatred after his fellow leftist murdered a political figure and millions of leftists rejoiced over it -- and they freak the F out about "free speech".


why is the left so hateful and ritaarded?

Its this. The gaslighting on this has been too much.
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In reply to digging tunnels • 10:35a, 9/23/25
digging tunnels said:
So who owns the ABC station in Houston?

Disney
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In reply to FlyRod • 10:37a, 9/23/25
FlyRod said:
Disney listened to its customers, not a president in steep physical and mental deterioration. The company knows all it needs to do is wait him out.

The power of capitalism is a thing to behold.

Yeah, 125K viewers in the Key Demo. This is all about capitalism
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In reply to oh no • 10:38a, 9/23/25
oh no said:

Capitalism
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In reply to infinity ag • 10:42a, 9/23/25
infinity ag said:
ha ha I see Kimmel is back!

On some stations. Some not
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In reply to Dirty_Mike&the_boys • 10:43a, 9/23/25
Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
No Spin Ag said:
Kenneth_2003 said:
No Spin Ag said:
FireAg said:
I've been wondering (I have no proof of anything, mind you) if ABC told Kimmel "we'll lift your suspension and allow you and your employees return to work on the show and keep getting paid, but we can't promise you that everyone will air it across the country."

ABC could be looking at this as a sunk cost, given his current contract only runs through next May, and they determined they have no legal path to terminate it early and save $…

So they let him continue to work and avoid lawsuits that will cost even more $, and simply cut their losses with what he is already owed…

To my knowledge, they can't force affiliates to air the show, even if they continue to provide the content…


That's what I'm thinking as well. And honestly, there's nothing wrong with that. ABC provides the content and if an affiliate doesn't want to air it that's fine, there's others that will. That's as "let the market decide" as it gets.

FYI... Some of the local stations ARE corporate owned. I clicked over to ABC13 here in Houston and they are directly owned by ABC/Disney.


I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.


I think it's like 13 affiliates are Disney Corp owned. The majority are owned by Nextar, Sinclair and Gannet (who Nextar is trying to acquire) and both Sinclair and Nextar are heavily conservative ownership.

I thought NexStar was buying Tegna. Are they and Gannet the same?
I only knew of Tegna when I started seeing the exact same content on KIII (CBS Corpus Christi) and KHOU (CBS Houston) Facebook pages. They were using the same "verify" fact checker; think something similar to Snopes. Then with a little clicking I discovered that their social media was run and managed by Tegna. Then of course Tegna got into it with Dish Network, which of course is a crisis when the Ags were playing Alabama on CBS!
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In reply to Dirty_Mike&the_boys • 10:49a, 9/23/25
Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
So Jimmy and Gavin can jerk each other off in thirteen Blue cities to an audience of their few fans

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)
42 First-run episodes

All Viewers
6.95 % -- I thnk % of the timeslot
1,772,000 Viewers
-3% Q on Q

Key Demo (18-49)
4.34%
220,000
+24%

So mostly Boomers that fell asleep watching the evening news

https://latenighter.com/news/ratings/late-night-tv-ratings-q2-2025/
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In reply to amercer • 10:53a, 9/23/25
amercer said:
Disney has a lot of ways to distribute its programming. This will be a fascinating look into the current economics of TV. Not sure Sinclair has all that much leverage. But I also think it all gets quietly worked out by Thursday

LOL. Yeah, put Kimmel on Disney+. I'm sure that will increase subscriptions.
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In reply to txwxman • 10:55a, 9/23/25
txwxman said:
Apollo79 said:
So did FCC force Kimmel off in the first place? Do y'all cm and leftists ever get tired of being wrong?

We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way

LOL
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 11:00a, 9/23/25
Kenneth_2003 said:
Dirty_Mike&the_boys said:
No Spin Ag said:
Kenneth_2003 said:
No Spin Ag said:
FireAg said:
I've been wondering (I have no proof of anything, mind you) if ABC told Kimmel "we'll lift your suspension and allow you and your employees return to work on the show and keep getting paid, but we can't promise you that everyone will air it across the country."

ABC could be looking at this as a sunk cost, given his current contract only runs through next May, and they determined they have no legal path to terminate it early and save $…

So they let him continue to work and avoid lawsuits that will cost even more $, and simply cut their losses with what he is already owed…

To my knowledge, they can't force affiliates to air the show, even if they continue to provide the content…


That's what I'm thinking as well. And honestly, there's nothing wrong with that. ABC provides the content and if an affiliate doesn't want to air it that's fine, there's others that will. That's as "let the market decide" as it gets.

FYI... Some of the local stations ARE corporate owned. I clicked over to ABC13 here in Houston and they are directly owned by ABC/Disney.


I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.


I think it's like 13 affiliates are Disney Corp owned. The majority are owned by Nextar, Sinclair and Gannet (who Nextar is trying to acquire) and both Sinclair and Nextar are heavily conservative ownership.

I thought NexStar was buying Tegna. Are they and Gannet the same?
I only knew of Tegna when I started seeing the exact same content on KIII (CBS Corpus Christi) and KHOU (CBS Houston) Facebook pages. They were using the same "verify" fact checker; think something similar to Snopes. Then with a little clicking I discovered that their social media was run and managed by Tegna. Then of course Tegna got into it with Dish Network, which of course is a crisis when the Ags were playing Alabama on CBS!


Tegna is the offshoot for Gannet that consists of the old Belo Broadcasting that Gannet acquired then Belo Corp was broken up. Gannet owns all sorts of different media including digital, print, and broadcasting, Tegna is the broadcasting platform of Gannet
"We're going to turn this red Prius into a soup kitchen!"
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In reply to dvldog • 11:04a, 9/23/25
dvldog said:

Ooopsie
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In reply to captkirk • 11:04a, 9/23/25
captkirk said:
txwxman said:
Apollo79 said:
So did FCC force Kimmel off in the first place? Do y'all cm and leftists ever get tired of being wrong?

We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way

LOL

Where is this poster? He needs to tell us if this is the easy way or the hard way.
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11:13a, 9/23/25
Other ABC affiliate groups:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ABC_television_affiliates_(table)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Media_Group - 16 stations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Broadcasting - 6 stations

https://coastaltvgroup.com/ - 6 stations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Television - 16 stations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegna_Inc. - 12 stations (sale pending to Nexstar)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company - 20 stations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stations_owned_or_operated_by_Gray_Media - 20 stations

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In reply to captkirk • 11:24a, 9/23/25
captkirk said:
oh no said:

Capitalism


Looks like a fair way to bring Kimmel back on their airwaves.
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In reply to digging tunnels • 11:28a, 9/23/25
digging tunnels said:
So who owns the ABC station in Houston?

ABC owns and operates KTRK.
Gig 'Em
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In reply to digging tunnels • 11:31a, 9/23/25
digging tunnels said:
So who owns the ABC station in Houston?

Corporate owned.
ABC/Disney owns 13 Houston

https://abc13.com/contactus/
2nd line below the graphic
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In reply to captkirk • 11:44a, 9/23/25
captkirk said:
oh no said:

Capitalism

Is Sinclair owned by the Quaids?
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11:45a, 9/23/25
Most courageous fight by Kimmel to defeat ffffaasssscccissssssmmmmmmmm!
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12:04p, 9/23/25
List of Cities who won't be watching Kimmel tonight:

Alabama
Birmingham-Tuscaloosa
Dothan
Mobile-Pensacola

Arkansas
Little Rock

California
Chico-Redding
Eureka

Connecticut
New Haven-Hartford

Washington DC

Florida
Panama City

Georgia
Augusta
Macon

Illinois
Rockford

Indiana
Evansville
Terre Haute

Iowa
Sioux City

Kansas
Topeka

Louisiana
New Orleans

Michigan
Battle Creek
Lansing
Traverse City

Missouri
Joplin
St. Louis

Montana
Billings

Nebraska
Lincoln
Hayes Center
McCook
North Platte

New York
Albany-Schenectady
Binghamton
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica-Rome
Watertown

North Carolina
Asheville
Greenville
Winston-Salem

Ohio
Columbus
Dayton
Youngstown

Oklahoma
Tulsa

Oregon
Portland

Pennsylvania
Erie
Harrisburg
Johnstown-Altoona

South Carolina
Charleston
Greenville-Spartanburg

Tennessee
Chattanooga
Johnson City-Kingsport
Knoxville
Nashville

Texas
Abilene
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Odessa-Midland
San Angelo

Utah
Salt Lake City

Vermont
Burlington

Virginia
Lynchburg-Roanoke
Richmond

Washington
Seattle-Tacoma

West Virginia
Charleston-Huntington
Morgantown-Fairmont
Wheeling
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12:07p, 9/23/25
Does anyone know if the affiliates that aren't putting the show on are still showing, and making the same money, from the commercials that'll be shown on the stations carrying the show?
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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In reply to Rockdoc • 12:17p, 9/23/25
Rockdoc said:
captkirk said:
txwxman said:
Apollo79 said:
So did FCC force Kimmel off in the first place? Do y'all cm and leftists ever get tired of being wrong?

We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way

LOL

Where is this poster? He needs to tell us if this is the easy way or the hard way.

the trans wxman account just drives by with ignorant leftist talking point drivel. look for ze/she/it to swing by and not come back on other threads.
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In reply to captkirk • 12:19p, 9/23/25
West Texas is representing. I know some hardcore libs that are going to be pissed in Angelo
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In reply to No Spin Ag • 12:20p, 9/23/25
No Spin Ag said:
Does anyone know if the affiliates that aren't putting the show on are still showing, and making the same money, from the commercials that'll be shown on the stations carrying the show?


They won't share in any ad revenue associated with Kimmel. They will run their own ads with whatever program they choose to show.
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In reply to ShaggySLC • 12:21p, 9/23/25
ShaggySLC said:
West Texas is representing. I know some hardcore libs that are going to be pissed in Angelo


I would not be surprised to see numerous affiliate stations bombed.
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In reply to txwxman • 12:22p, 9/23/25
txwxman said:
Apollo79 said:
So did FCC force Kimmel off in the first place? Do y'all cm and leftists ever get tired of being wrong?

We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way

F off



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In reply to captkirk • 12:30p, 9/23/25
captkirk said:
txwxman said:
Apollo79 said:
So did FCC force Kimmel off in the first place? Do y'all cm and leftists ever get tired of being wrong?

We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way

F off




Needs a thread of its own.
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12:33p, 9/23/25
So again, I ask this…

Which party is guilty of projecting their own sins upon the other party and has ACTUALLY ENGAGED in active suppression of the 1A while gaslighting Americans to the contrary?
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In reply to No Spin Ag • 12:39p, 9/23/25
No Spin Ag said:
Does anyone know if the affiliates that aren't putting the show on are still showing, and making the same money, from the commercials that'll be shown on the stations carrying the show?

I think (I could be wrong here) that it's a mix of national and local ads. NexStar recall was the first to pull the plug the first time around and it was due to advertisers wanting their local ads pulled. These are the ads for local grocery stores, car dealerships, doctors, etc. Then there are national ads as well: Ford, Chevy, Coke, AT&T or Verizon, etc.

So for these time slots do the national companies book nationwide ads or are the national companies splitting up their ads regionally or even at the affiliate level?

We know during the Super Bowl most of the ads are national, but there are still a few local slots that get filled by local businesses.

HEB has ads during the Super Bowl, but they sure aren't running those nationally!
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In reply to captkirk • 12:44p, 9/23/25
Roku users who subscribe to the Roku app will most likely be able to pick up the ABC feeds of other cities, if I remember my Roku channel listings correctly. I subscribe to Roku, but I don't get in that area of the channel guide often. I just remember that once upon a time they had dozens of OTA TV stations from all over the country to pick from.

In these days of streaming TV, anyone who complains about The Man keeping Jimmy Kimmel down doesn't realize how easy it is to watch his show, if they really want to.
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In reply to Burdizzo • 12:47p, 9/23/25
Burdizzo said:
Roku users who subscribe to the Roku app will most likely be able to pick up the ABC feeds of other cities, if I remember my Roku channel listings correctly. I subscribe to Roku, but I don't get in that area of the channel guide often. I just remember that once upon a time they had dozens of OTA TV stations from all over the country to pick from.

In these days of streaming TV, anyone who complains about The Man keeping Jimmy Kimmel down doesn't realize how easy it is to watch his show, if they really want to.

I have YouTube TV.
It will not work with my current VPN. When I travel it pulls my location from my IP and i get the locals from that area. If I try to use my VPN to change or modify my location (whether for different locals or even when I'm international and want to watch US programming) it tells me to turn off the VPN.
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