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Kimmel returns Tuesday

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The third paragraph should have read:

The advertisers, buying at a rate assuming 100% clearance, based upon the most recent quarter's nightly average, are now demonstrably overpaying, unless the replacement programming in some markets outperforms Kimmel (especially in the demo) sufficiently to offset the underperformance in the other markets.
 
michael hagerty said:
There are markets where whatever Nexstar and Sinclair fills the timeslot with would underperform in the ratings compared to Kimmel. Especially in the demo.
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Absolutely. It also hurts the affiliates, because their local spot rates are hurt, plus there is a cost of the replacement programming for them. But if they feel strongly about an issue, that's the price they have to pay.
 
Meantime, pity the poor local affiliate receptionists.

Essential pull-quote:

Early this week, at an ABC affiliate owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the phones were ringing off the hook. Every two minutes, someone was calling to complain about Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended from their local station.

On Monday afternoon, an announcement had been made: ABC was going to put him back on air Tuesday night. But not Sinclair and Nexstar, which together own seventy partner stations, according to Reuters, representing more than 25 percent of ABC affiliates nationwide and reaching 23 percent of American households.

“Managers were just kind of scrambling to figure out if they needed to get it into the newscast, and then we got word from corporate that we had to wait, and everyone was just really frustrated, and remarking about how ridiculous the situation was,” a reporter at the station said.
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www.cjr.org

Local ABC affiliates are getting slammed.

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, promised to bring power to community stations. But it’s their corporate owners who make the big decisions—while regional reporters and station managers take the heat.
www.cjr.org www.cjr.org


NOTE: What looks like a paywall isn't. Just click "close window" at the top and you're in.
 
michael hagerty said:
Meantime, pity the poor local affiliate receptionists.
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It's an interesting situation that Fox discovered a long time ago. It's one of the reasons they've avoided using Fox News coverage on their local O&O stations. The markets where Fox owns TV stations are reliably very blue cities. That's the case for many Nexstar and Sinclair stations. So having a station taking a side in a political issue doesn't serve the local public interest.
 
johnbasalla said:
Mr. Kirk was not anti-trans as human beings. He was not in favor of the political and social movements that many of them adhere to.
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Charlie Kirk:
1. Said gun deaths are "unfortunately worth it" to preserve the Second Amendment.
2. Called transgender identity a mental disease, needing "brain treatment."
3. Refused to use people's correct pronouns: "I will not call a man a woman."
4. Demanded a nationwide ban on gender-affirming care.
5. Quoted scripture about homosexuality as an "abomination" deserving death.
6. Called Martin Luther King Jr. a "myth" and said the Civil Rights Act was a "huge mistake."
7. Promoted the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory.
8. Spread COVID-19 misinformation, likening masks and vaccine mandates to "medical apartheid."
9. Suggested mass incarceration as a fix for the housing crisis.
10. Advocated for public, televised executions, even for children to watch.
11. Dismissed Black competence and made demeaning statements about Black women: He claimed that Michelle Obama and other supporters of affirmative action "lacked the brain processing power" to understand arguments on those policies. He also made undermining comments toward Black pilots, saying, "If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, 'Boy, I hope he’s qualified.'"
 
kevtronics said:
Charlie Kirk:
1. Said gun deaths are "unfortunately worth it" to preserve the Second Amendment.
2. Called transgender identity a mental disease, needing "brain treatment."
3. Refused to use people's correct pronouns: "I will not call a man a woman."
4. Demanded a nationwide ban on gender-affirming care.
5. Quoted scripture about homosexuality as an "abomination" deserving death.
6. Called Martin Luther King Jr. a "myth" and said the Civil Rights Act was a "huge mistake."
7. Promoted the "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory.
8. Spread COVID-19 misinformation, likening masks and vaccine mandates to "medical apartheid."
9. Suggested mass incarceration as a fix for the housing crisis.
10. Advocated for public, televised executions, even for children to watch.
11. Dismissed Black competence and made demeaning statements about Black women: He claimed that Michelle Obama and other supporters of affirmative action "lacked the brain processing power" to understand arguments on those policies. He also made undermining comments toward Black pilots, saying, "If I see a Black pilot, I’m gonna be like, 'Boy, I hope he’s qualified.'"
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I would like to comment on these, but that would move us even further away from broadcasting.
 
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johnbasalla said:
I would like to comment on these, but that would move us even further away from broadcasting.
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I agree and I'll generalize by saying nothing on the list justifies murder. Kimmel said several times that he doesn't condone the murder, doesn't find it funny, specifically addressed the widow and family, and also discussed that the widow forgave the assailant. So all of that was handled by Kimmel and doesn't need to be mentioned in this thread. This thread is about the TV show, not the crime.

Back to the topic: The show has moved past the original comment and is back to doing what they normally do. His interviews are promoting books, movies, music, and the usual entertainment things. This is not a political talk show.
 
Nathan Obral said:
All of Sinclair's ABC affiliates are hubbed out from (IIRC) Chattanooga, so no one can go rouge over there, either.
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Not the case. Sinclair is not as heavily hubbed as Nexstar, which operates most of its stations out of two enormous hubs in Indianapolis and Chicopee MA.

I'm in Columbus right now, where Sinclair's WSYX has a hub that handles the ABC stations in Rochester and St. Louis. Many Sinclair stations are still doing master control locally. I think there are a few other small hubs around the country.
 
TheBigA said:
Back to the topic: The show has moved past the original comment and is back to doing what they normally do. His interviews are promoting books, movies, music, and the usual entertainment things. This is not a political talk show.
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Indeed. Right now the topic has pretty much gravitated to Sinclair and Nexstar's conduct not clearing Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and how/when does Disney respond. The consequences of this will last in the industry for a long, long time to come and could determine the fate of the network-affiliate model as we knew it.
 
TheBigA said:
It's an interesting situation that Fox discovered a long time ago. It's one of the reasons they've avoided using Fox News coverage on their local O&O stations. The markets where Fox owns TV stations are reliably very blue cities. That's the case for many Nexstar and Sinclair stations. So having a station taking a side in a political issue doesn't serve the local public interest.
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And there goes their argument in court that they were complying with the FCC rule on same.

I agree with Mike and fully expect Disney to sue Nexstar and Sinclair, and I don't see a defense that Disney can't tear gaping holes in.
 
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