I was surprised this morning when I got to the Seattle Times part of my regular morning perusal of online news sources, to see an article headline saying, "KOMO won't air return of Jimmy Kimmel's show in Seattle, owner says".
The owner of Seattle's KOMO ABC affiliate is the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sinclair was founded by a right wing conservative nutjob.
At the time of learning of Seattle's continued Kimmel ban I did not know if my local, Wichita Falls, Texas ABC affiliate was owned by Sinclair, or if the show was airing tonight, no matter who the owner might be.
Well.
I got around to turning on my TV, scrolled to KFDX-TV, that being the local ABC affiliate, broadcast from a tower in Lawton, Oklahoma, about 30 miles north of my Texas location to see tonight's listing shows the Jimmy Kimmel Show.
So, my DVR is now set to record tonight's likely highly viewed return to the air of one of America's funniest and best comedians and truth tellers.
Last night I posted the following meme on Facebook. By this morning there were a few comments generated by Seattle's continued Kimmel ban.
Janice Burwash--I’m waiting to see if the Seattle ABC affiliate will air it. “Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming,' the company said. 'Discussions with ABC' are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return.” This includes Seattle.
Bruce Forrester---I believe it will be on Hulu the next day.
Durango Jones---Janice Burwash I was just getting ready to blog about the extreme irony of progressive, liberal Seattle's ABC affiliate not airing the Kimmel return due to being owned by a right wing nutjob named Sinclair. Meanwhile, at my non-progressive, non-liberal Texas location the ABC affiliate is not owned by a right wing nutjob. and, as far as I know, tonight's returned will be aired. I have yet to turn on my TV to make sure, and set my DVR to record it, as late night talk shows are way past my bedtime....
Stuart Langley---Bruce and Janice- I certainly hope that citizens in your Market raise a stink. It would be great to see Sinclair have to change attitudes. As you likely both remember, Sinclair, owned by a right-wing billionaire who bought a large portion of the local TV markets in America a few years ago. Their purpose was to manage news. You may remember the fuss at the time.
Janice Burwash---Stuart, I’ve got my TV set to record Kimmel’s return tonight. When I check tomorrow morning I’ll see what happened. I may need to send an unhappy customer message to Sinclair.
Bruce Forrester---We will probably have access to the shows content around 8:30 - 9:00pm pacific time as it will be airing on the east coast.
Durango Jones---Stuart Langley, I thought Sinclair was the name of the right wing nutjob. Had to Google Sinclair to find out I was wrong...
Sinclair, Inc., doing business as Sinclair Broadcast Group, is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith. Headquartered in the Baltimore suburb of Cockeysville, Maryland, the company is the second-largest television station operator in the United States by number of stations after Nexstar Media Group, owning or operating 193 stations across the country in over 100 markets, covering 40% of American households.
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