The network pulled the show after the Federal Communications Commission chair threatened regulatory action after the host's comments about Charlie Kirk's death.

The network pulled the show after the Federal Communications Commission chair threatened regulatory action after the host’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show will return to ABC’s airwaves on Tuesday, nearly a week after it was suspended amid criticism of the host’s remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

But many households across the U.S. still may not see the show. Sinclair, a company that operates more than 35 ABC affiliates across the U.S., said that it would replace Kimmel with news programming.

“Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return,” Sinclair said in a statement.

  • wagesj45@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    I have my tin foil hat on, but I’m wondering if the Sinclair owners are willing to take a loss on their media front in order to have the social influence of the local TV stations. The influence may be more valuable to them than the revenue.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      Look at how long Faux was in the red. I don’t think you are wearing a tin foil hat. The wingnut welfare set saw all those years as an investment, not a loss.

      I was driving around in Utah not too long ago, and until you drive through the real hinterlands of this country, you just don’t realize what a wasteland most of terrestrial radio is once you get beyond metro areas. When flipping around, I’m pretty sure one of the strongest signals was Hannity - but he was on three, maybe four (?), different bands. On FM. This shit - all the Limbaugh clones - used to be all over the dial on AM since at least the mid-90s, but I guess they are now creeping into the FM bands.

      I would not be surprised at all if most of hate radio is propped up by wingnut welfare, too.