Dial Twister wrote:

For those who missed this during tRump 1.0, here are anchors at Sinclair-owned local news stations parroting a script pushing tRump talking-points and the "troubling trend of irresponsible, one-sided news stories plaguing our country".

Perhaps some here, who appear so angry about so-called 'fake news', would offer some explanation for this obvious corporate-news-speak on hard-right media?



No? No comment?

Whoa, and wow.  Would seem that script may have come from the WH press room and faxed to those affiliates. 
Unfortunately, our own John Moore gave some "fake news" this morning on his show, stating that Buffalo was not seeing the Kimmel show. WKBW is in fact, carrying it. They are owned by Scripps. He might have confused it with Sinclair. This was stated around 9:10am. My old school AM radio doesn't have a 'talkback' feature unfortunately, so I just had to chuckle :-)
 

Hansa wrote:

I hope ABC starts dropping Sinclair and Nexstar affiliates over their refusal to carry network shows. There must be NBC and Fox and strong independent affiliates in many of those markets who'd would be happy to switch to the #2 network. 

Looks like the threats worked.

Sinclair agrees to bring back 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to its ABC stations

Listen to this bafflegab.

"Our objective throughout this process has been to ensure that programming remains accurate and engaging for the widest possible audience," Sinclair said. "We take seriously our responsibility as local broadcasters to provide programming that serves the interests of our communities, while also honoring our obligations to air national network programming."

Still no word if Nexstar is restoring the show, too.

Industry analysts said ABC, not Sinclair, held most of the cards in the standoff because affiliates are bound by network contracts.

On Friday, Sinclair said that it did have discussions with ABC, but that the network did not accept its proposals “to strengthen accountability, viewer feedback, and community dialogue, including a network-wide independent ombudsman.”

“While ABC and Disney have not yet adopted these measures, and Sinclair respects their right to make those decisions under our network affiliate agreements, we believe such measures could strengthen trust and accountability,” the company added.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/media/sinclair-kimmel-blackout-abc-disney-nexstar

Nexstar got over its temper tantrum. Kimmel's back there too.

newsguy1 wrote:

So that's it.
Donald Trump.... loooooser!!!

Rather than removing Kimmel, Fat Nixon elevated Kimmel.

By the way, this should be appointment TV for those with two tuners (or you can watch on YouTube.)

Next Tuesday, Jimmy Kimmel, who is taking his show on the road to Brooklyn for a week, will be a guest on Stephen Colbert's show. 

But that's not all. That same night, Stephen Colbert will be a guest of Jimmy Kimmel's show. 

Not sure how they're going to schedule that, because both tape around the same time, but it should be interesting to watch.