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The networks should tell these Sinclair/Nexstar affiliates that is they will not air the networks shows en mass,  then they no longer have exclusivity to that market and providers such as Comcast/YouTubeTV can offer alternative non-local station streams.  Drives these fuckers out of business if need be.

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9 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

The blatant disregard - if not disdain - for consumers in this country right now is incredible. 

 

If the populace is too stupid to push back, or too disconnected to pay attention, this is what will happen. These companies care about profit in any way possible. Whatever it takes to hit their quarterly projections. 

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6 hours ago, Horn Dog said:

The networks should tell these Sinclair/Nexstar affiliates that is they will not air the networks shows en mass,  then they no longer have exclusivity to that market and providers such as Comcast/YouTubeTV can offer alternative non-local station streams.  Drives these fuckers out of business if need be.

Funny you mention that:

 

More:

 

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On 9/22/2025 at 3:16 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Huh.  Maybe outrage DOES have an effect.

Regarding PBS:  I may be old, but I will go to my imminent grave saying Austin City Limits, Antiques Roadshow, America's Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, Pati's Mexican Table (mmm Pati) and Samantha Brown all kick ass.

Samantha Brown can get it. 

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9 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

The blatant disregard - if not disdain - for consumers in this country right now is incredible. 

 

Its not. Its been standard for nearly 6 years now. 

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9 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

The blatant disregard - if not disdain - for consumers in this country right now is incredible. 

 

Consumers? Don't you mean profit extraction units?

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9 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

If the populace is too stupid to push back, or too disconnected to pay attention, this is what will happen. These companies care about profit in any way possible. Whatever it takes to hit their quarterly projections. 

30% too stupid.  20% complicit.  That 20% gets to the root of our problem. 

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On 9/22/2025 at 3:16 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Huh.  Maybe outrage DOES have an effect.

Regarding PBS:  I may be old, but I will go to my imminent grave saying Austin City Limits, Antiques Roadshow, America's Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, Pati's Mexican Table (mmm Pati) and Samantha Brown all kick ass.

No love for this old house? Or motor week?  Or Nova? 

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To the best of dotards knowledge, a network that airs content that is majority positive for a particular political party is in jeopardy of having made illegal campaign contributions to said party. 
PLEASE baby SCOTUS…make this so! 

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12 hours ago, The Dog said:

Funny you mention that:

 

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Zero chance ABC does anything to exacerbate the situation. They’re just praying for this one to pass.

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58 minutes ago, 'stache said:

Zero chance ABC does anything to exacerbate the situation. They’re just praying for this one to pass.

Exactly.  They didn't do this because they had a change of heart and realized it was a blatant first amendment violation.  They did it because of the blowback.  

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22 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Exactly.  They didn't do this because they had a change of heart and realized it was a blatant first amendment violation.  They did it because of the blowback.  

First time I've watched Kimmel in years last night. I was kind of surprised they let him go all in.  I'm sure Jimmy told them he was going to have his say or wasn't doing the show.  Was pretty solid.

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1 hour ago, 'stache said:

Zero chance ABC does anything to exacerbate the situation. They’re just praying for this one to pass.

 

37 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Exactly.  They didn't do this because they had a change of heart and realized it was a blatant first amendment violation.  They did it because of the blowback.  

they did it for dollar signs, and if Sinclair wants to fuck around they'll find out. 

anyway Sinclair will keep up the performance until they get their merger approved then quietly add Kimmel back without fanfare. 

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5 minutes ago, The Dog said:

anyway Sinclair will keep up the performance until they get their merger approved then quietly add Kimmel back without fanfare. 

That's now how this works. Once you bend the knee to Trump, he owns you. He will go after Sinclair if they try to pull that stunt. 

 

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1 minute ago, Hank Kingsley said:

That's now how this works. Once you bend the knee to Trump, he owns you. He will go after Sinclair if they try to pull that stunt. 

 

and do what? Trump will have his "win" and then focus on something else.

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12 hours ago, immamac said:

Its not. Its been standard for nearly 6 years now. 

Longer than that for anyone who's ever had the displeasure of dealing with COTA. Fuck Bobby Epstein.

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1 hour ago, The Dog said:

 

they did it for dollar signs, and if Sinclair wants to fuck around they'll find out. 

anyway Sinclair will keep up the performance until they get their merger approved then quietly add Kimmel back without fanfare. 

Sinclair is like the Fox News of local TV.  No way they would turn their backs on MAGA. 

Nexstar , on the other hand, is probably gaming this.  You are correct that Trump will hammer them if they turn on him, though.  While the merger may go through, it wouldn't surprise me if Trump had Carr reverse any changes to their rules and say, "Actually, the limit should be back down at 39% instead of 80%, so you're going to have to divest - or assume the position again."

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3 hours ago, C-Man said:

Kimmel pretty much nailed it last night.

Absolutely. It's not like he's my kid or anything, but got dammit, I was very proud of him. Say what you want about the guy, but it takes big swinging cojones to do what he does and then come right back and do it again after this fiasco. What he did and what TDS continues to do gives me a bit of hope.

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3 minutes ago, wood said:

BTW, we saw it here in Austin, but how, when Nexstar was supposed to be pre-empting it?

KVUE is owned by TEGNA, the company Sinclair wants to buy.

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4 minutes ago, wood said:

Absolutely. It's not like he's my kid or anything, but got dammit, I was very proud of him. Say what you want about the guy, but it takes big swinging cojones to do what he does and then come right back and do it again after this fiasco. What he did and what TDS continues to do gives me a bit of hope.

BTW, we saw it here in Austin, but how, when Nexstar was supposed to be pre-empting it?

ABC affiliate here is a Tegna station, not Nexstar (although they will be merging soon, thanks to sucking up to the FCC by taking Jimmy off the air).

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3 minutes ago, The Dog said:

KVUE is owned by TEGNA, the company Sinclair wants to buy.

Oh, great. Thanks! I think I misread the earlier post about who owns what.

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Just to reset:

  • KVUE - owned by Tegna (which is under contract to merge with NexStar, subject to regulatory approvals)
  • KXAN - owned by Nexstar
  • KEYE - owned by Sinclair
  • KTBC - owned by Fox

Honestly, I'd rather Tegna be owned by Nexstar than Sinclair, but the merger really should be blocked - which means it will absolutely go through.

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On 9/23/2025 at 1:12 PM, Horn Dog said:

The networks should tell these Sinclair/Nexstar affiliates that is they will not air the networks shows en mass,  then they no longer have exclusivity to that market and providers such as Comcast/YouTubeTV can offer alternative non-local station streams.  Drives these fuckers out of business if need be.

Outside of live sports, I don't understand how local TV makes much money or attracts viewers. I understand the basics of the advertising market but ad buyers are becoming smarter about the local TV audience is not part of any desired demographic unless you're selling catheters or asbestos class action lawsuits. 

And live sports could leave broadcast TV relatively quickly. Netflix's annual income is closing in on $40B per year. Fox and CBS both pay a little north of $2B annually to the NFL. Netflix could take on that cost which would add subscribers + get the advertising dollars. And not share them with any local stations. I realize the NFL has a financial stake in ESPN but that can be worked around. (Or replace Netflix in those sentences with Amazon.)

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3 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

I was expecting data to back the claim that "most of the right thought the cancellation was bullshit." This only gives six names.

Edit: How many names do you think you could come up with if you searched for reichwingers who supported it?

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52 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I was expecting data to back the claim that "most of the right thought the cancellation was bullshit." This only gives six names.

Edit: How many names do you think you could come up with if you searched for reichwingers who supported it?

Those seem pretty prominent trumpys no?  If you’re asking me what the junior senator from Nebraska said then I don’t know 

 

Here’s a couple more

 

Joe Rogan

Drew Schultz

 

so far McConnell, Cruz, Paul, Rogan , Travis   I’ll look up Mike pence thoughts after lunch fella   

 



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