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Sneederbunk

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12. Seattle and Portland are stuck with Sinclair ABC stations.

Reply to a kennedy (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 08:34 PM

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Sinclair Won't Air Jimmy Kimmel's Return on it's 38 ABC Stations [View all] maxrandb Monday OP

I don't think it will matter in the end newdeal2 Monday #1

Eventually they will cave and return, or lose their affiliation. Maru Kitteh Monday #4

The FCC rules give stations very broad rights to preempt network content onenote Monday #17

Well good luck selling BigMacs if McDonald's won't sell you the patties. Maru Kitteh Monday #21

Actually, affiliates are allowed by law to preempt network programming -- no limit on number of hours onenote Tuesday #23

How do they make money ? JI7 Monday #2

Disney (ABC) is the content generator (producer) of Kimmel, so Sinclair pays Disney Bernardo de La Paz Monday #5

So they make money based on viewers ? JI7 Monday #7

Utimately & originally. Eyeballs are product advertisers buy fr stations, so stations need eyeball bait for eyeball trap Bernardo de La Paz Monday #10

The FCC's rules limit such contract terms. onenote Monday #20

Thanks for clarifying that. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Tuesday #22

Sinclair is about to get a lesson in how (un)popular news is with late night viewers Bernardo de La Paz Monday #3

The multi-decade, multi-trillion dollar effort to buy up and control American Media is now paying off. maxsolomon Monday #6

Heard sinclair is mostly in red areas, sorry conservative areas anyway so who cares. Oooops... a kennedy Monday #8

Seattle and Portland are stuck with Sinclair ABC stations. Sneederbunk Monday #12

And DC n/t SickOfTheOnePct Monday #19

Sinclair living up to their end of the bargain ... berniesandersmittens Monday #9

Their audience will see it on streaming apps Johonny Monday #11

Where is the best place to watch it live? Baitball Blogger Monday #13

Kimmel is available on YouTube daily for free Jacoby365 Monday #14

Little known FCC reg about affiliates not running this show or that. Liberal In Texas Monday #15

The problem is illustrated in the DC market. onenote Tuesday #24

You are so right. Liberal In Texas Wednesday #25

I don't get Sinclair where I live in Ohio...the day I do, news is gone. Demsrule86 Monday #16

Hopefully they'll lose advertising dollars. Emile Monday #18

Last night when I went to bed, 700K people had streamed Kimmel on Youtube - that was in less than an hour after it aired tulipsandroses Wednesday #26

love Zappa references! :) samnsara Wednesday #28

But streaming doesn't give them the profits they get on tv mucifer Wednesday #29

That's my point. That these affiliates may end up regretting not showing Kimmel. People will find it elsewhere. tulipsandroses Wednesday #30

YouTube is where I watched it and was linked FarPoint Wednesday #32

KOMO in Seattle didnt air it. samnsara Wednesday #27

I don't know how to boycott Sinclair..... FarPoint Wednesday #31

Netstar won't broadcast it either. spanone Wednesday #33

Many big "Blue" city stations amongst their holdings Cattledog Wednesday #34

Boycott All Sinclair Station Advertisers.. MrWowWow Wednesday #35

Nexstar carried a Suits rerun here. nt doc03 Wednesday #36