Heard on NPR yesterday- ABC can withhold programs like MNF and *gasp* College Football from Sinclair and Nexstar (text) [View all]

I don’t see any confirmation of the first post below but apparently ABC does have some leverage. Monday Night Football, all football, are massive ratings magnets. Most of the too 10 watched shows every year are football games. College football is religion in some parts of the country. Oh and ABC owns ESPN too.

BREAKING FOX NEWS: Disney drops the hammer and goes nuclear telling renegade broadcaster Sinclair. Dont broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live. You dont get to broadcast Monday Night Football & ABC News. This is a developing story @GovPressOffice

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As has been pointed out in many quarters, not only will Sinclair/Nexstar owe ABC a huge preemption fee each time they DON'T run Kimmel, but ABC can also offer Kimmel to rival in-market stations at low cost, and Sinclair/Nexstar risk ABC terminating their deals

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