TV Stations Refuse to Air Jimmy Kimmel Return

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jimmy Kimmellive returns to the airwaves all over your American
television networks on ABC tonight. If you're a big Jimmy
Kimmel fan, congratulations, your guy is back. But whoa Nelly,
Not so fast. There are some stations that will not
actually be showing Old Jimmy this evening as he returns

(00:23):
from his six day suspension. He only missed four shows,
but he'll be back on the air tonight after Disney yesterday,
saying that they had productive discussions with him and they
think it's safe for him to come back into the fold. Well,
Sinclair very quickly right after this my show basically ended.

(00:45):
It was just after the top of the six o'clock hour,
but it said in a statement it will be preempting
Jimmy Kimmelive across the ABC affiliate stations that Sinclair owns
and replacing it with news programming, and discussions with ABC
are ongoing as we evaluate the show shows potential return.
They just aren't ready. They don't think they wanted. The
people who owned Sinclair in their stations called on Jimmy

(01:08):
Kimmel to officially apologize for what he said about the
assassin of Charlie Kirk last week saying it's like Maga.
Maga's trying to keep saying that this guy is anything
other than what they are, or something along those lines,
basically saying that he's Maga, which is a complete, outright line.

(01:28):
We knew that by the time that he said this
last week and then used it as kind of like
a joke. It's like a lot of grieving at the
White House. Here's how Donald Trump's handling. And it cuts
to a bit about Donald Trump talking about the new
ballroom at this being built. Again, it was made for jokes.
They always it's all jokes. You can make the argument
it's all humor. I don't need politics mixing with my humor.

(01:51):
It happens too much. And as we have illustrated over
the last week, nobody really cares about the political musings
of somebody like Jimmy Kimmel. The sooner some these celebrities
figure that out, and the more popular they're eventually going
to become. But they cannot help themselves anyway. Now. They
said they wanted Kimmel to apologize to Charlie Kirk's family
specifically and make a donation to Turning Point USA as

(02:14):
part of this. He's not done that. He ain't doing that.
By the way, if Jimmy Kimmel gives any money, a
donation of any kind to Turning Point USA, for any
reason whatsoever, what will I do.

Speaker 2 (02:30):
I'll eat I'll eat peeps. Well, peeps are that bad.
I don't like him either, very To be honest.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
I don't like him at all. But maybe people will
be like, that's nothing. What will I do? Help me
out here? Like, what would be an appropriate I want
people to understand how unlikely I feel like this is
going to be that to happen.

Speaker 2 (02:51):
I would never target your flow. But it's looking it's
staring at me in the face.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
You say I should say that I'm gonna cut my hair.
I know it's I That's not no. I'm not even
gonna risk putting that up if I ever decide to
cut the hair, which by the way, would be a
decision and I'm gonna have to really think about because
more people recognize me from the hair than anything else.
So now that the hair is out, it's nice, thick,

(03:16):
looking pretty strong, you know, Like, if I'm gonna cut it,
it's gonna be for a really good reason, like somebody's
gonna give money to a charity that I really support.
And sorry, the possible donation of Jimmy Kimmel's Turning Point
USA is not that. Nope, I don't know. I like
the peeps idea.

Speaker 2 (03:37):
You tune in to his show for a week.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
You want me to stay awake and watch Jimmy Kimmel live,
mister nightow. If I'm staying up that late to watch something,
it is certainly not gonna be that. I will rewatch
any Family Guy episode. I will rewatch an Australian rules
football game. Oh, Carl says, eat cast role. Oh that's
a good one, Carl, No good one. O oh boy,

(04:03):
that's a good one. All right, Fine, that's the deal.
If Jimmy Kimmel gives a donation of any kind, even
a dollar, to Turning Point USA, and it becomes public knowledge,
I will eat my wife's cast role on Thanksgiving because

(04:24):
she makes it. I don't need it, but she makes
it and gives it to the rest of the people
at the dinner. All right, fine, Carl, you in by
the way, if you're wondering, are there Nebraska and Iowa
stations that are not carrying this that are Sinclear and
Next Star, Nexttar followed up with their own bit and
their own announcement shortly thereafter, and they say, we stand

(04:47):
by the decision pending assurance that all parties are committed
to fostering an environment of respectful, constructive dialogues in the
markets we serve. So yeah, this morning they made that
announcement they are going to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live for
further notice until whenever khg I and Lincoln Hastings Carney,

(05:07):
which Lincoln Hasting's karney. That's essentially like the markets they serve,
So you could be anywhere in between KHGI and their
second channel and k wn B and their second channel
that will be preempted KTVO in southeastern Iowa, it's it's
far away from here. Same thing with khq A. Looking

(05:29):
at Nextar, Next Star, it is Sioux City, the Sioux
City area, sou City, Iowa, k c a U, k
c a U. Those are the channels that look from
my vantage point on this very long list, that are
somewhere close to our listening area that will be preempting

(05:50):
Jimmy Kimmellive. If you are watching on one of those
other stations or just following along on social media, like
I probably will just to see if you said anything
about a suspension. You seem to be in the clear
if that's what you're into. So for those who are
just tuning in, I've made a bet with no one
but myself that Sinclair, the broadcasting affiliate owner essentially who

(06:14):
has different stations that are ABC, CBS, NBC, all that stuff.
Sinclair owns a bunch of ABC affiliates, and they say
there's going to continue to preempt the Jimmy Kim alive
despite him coming back from his suspension from Disney, and
I think one of the reasons why Disney decided to

(06:35):
suspend him even though they may sound like it was
their decision, and they wanted to talk to him about
some of the ways that he's talking about certain things.
He He's coming back after less than a week. For
some that may like, that's not an indefinite suspension, But
when you don't list exactly how long the suspension it
could be, it could be for a day, it could

(06:55):
be for a year. There really, it could have been anything.
So I'm not super shocked and surprised by that. But
part of Sinclair's parameters for putting him back on the air,
and they're not. They're preempting him with news coverage again tonight,
So like local news or something. I don't exactly know.
It depends on your market, I'm sure, but Jimmy kimmelivell
not air if you have a Sinclair ABC affiliate around

(07:17):
the country. And one of Sinclair's demands essentially is that
Jimmy Kimmel has to donate to Turning Point USA, Charlie
Kirk's foundation or company or whatever. It's a nonprofit, so
you know, call it what you want. And I said,
that is absolutely under no circumstance will that happens. So Sinclair,
if that is really how you feel, then you will

(07:39):
never see Jimmy Kimmel alive on a Sinclair station ever again,
because I would bet a lot on him not doing that. Now,
I wouldn't bet so much that I'd be willing to
cut my hair or give up my car or walk
fifty miles in the snow or anything that crazy. But
I said I'd eat casserole. Carl All emailed in and

(08:00):
said eat casserole. It's like, oh, that's a pretty good one.
I would eat some castrole. I'll take a couple of
bites of cast role. If Jimmy Kimmel donates to Turning Point, USA, well,
tral Fez says, lose the bet and eat bugs.

Speaker 2 (08:15):
You could find a lollipop that has a cricket in it.

Speaker 1 (08:18):
No, is that count? Well, I would say it would
count if I agree to that, But I'm not agreeing
to that because I don't want to eat bugs. You
know how long it took me to get a moth
out of my house? Yeah, I'm this weirdo. There was
a giant moth.

Speaker 2 (08:32):
What about june bugs? Those things freaked me out.

Speaker 1 (08:35):
They're weird. Yeah, but I am not a killer. It
really has to be a dire situation for me to
get into smash mode. Now. I had a little bit
an ant problem a couple of weeks ago after I
came back from a long weekend when I wasn't at home.
Somehow there was a food source and somewhere there was
an entry point for some ants to get in and

(08:58):
they were having themselves a little feast on my kitchen counter.
I'm not the first person in the world to have
this situation occur, So my first inclination was, okay, So
how am I gonna deal with this. You don't just
like go smashing and smashing and smashing. So I got
rid of the food source, bagged it up, and got
it out of the house. But now all these ants

(09:18):
that have been introduced to my home are going to
be looking for some other food source. So you have
to start eradicating. I'd to go smash, smash, mash. I
just set traps, right. You are gonna take take your
medicine here and go back to where you live, and
you're gonna accidentally infect your entire clan. You have to
do what you gotta do. The problem got fall. It
wasn't just a few ants. It was a bunch of

(09:38):
tiny ants that you really can't even do anything with. Right, So,
even though I'm not a killer, I got to do
what's best for my property. I have a moth. A
moth isn't gonna do much harm, and a moth it
can be actually beneficial to the environment, and it can
become food for something else in a natural setting. So
you know what I did. I ran around with a

(09:58):
clear tupperware it can trying to figure out a good
way to get this thing to land on the wall somewhere,
and then I'm gonna cover it with the tupperware and
then slowly move the tupperware along the wall until I
get it to a point where I can get a
piece of paper or something easy on there and then

(10:19):
be able to like escort the moth out of the
house and release it so it can live its life
in the wild and pollinate or become food for something else. Right.
But I'm not gonna smash it and then have a
mess to clean up and do like nothing good for
the for the environment. Right, So, yeah, that's me. I'm

(10:43):
certainly not gonna eat a bug. Dave emails in and says,
how about some radioactive shrimp? Now, see that's just topical. No,
I'm not gonna eat radioactive shrimp. I don't even like
shrimp that much, like frozen shrimp that get at home.
I'll eat shrimp when I'm like going to a nice restaurant.
I hear you, they're like fresh shrimp. But I'm not

(11:05):
gonna eat radioactive shrimp.

Speaker 2 (11:07):
Definitely not. And I will shop at bakers either, so
that means I'm safe.

Speaker 1 (11:11):
I guess. Yeah, I guess it kind of depends. I mean,
just just know what you're buying, folks. You do, do
the recon before you go and buy your frozen shrimp
from a grocery store. Yeah. The only like real seafood
I eat at home is salmon. Like my wife will
cook up salmon. I'm a big salmon guy. So like

(11:32):
uh air o uh stove yes, yes, stove like in
an oven. Yeah, yeah that's good. But yeah, no, no
radioactive shrimp from me. If he donates and we find
out about this, I will eat castrole and I will
make a video and I'll post on my social media
account so you'll know I've done my my I've paid
my bet. I'll eat a couple of bites of castro.

(11:54):
If Jimmy Kimball donates a turning point us say, I
just don't think it's gonna happen, so don't get your
hopes up. And that means if you are looking for
Jimmy Kimmelive and you can't watch it because you have
a Sinclair ABC affiliate, you're living in the Lincoln area
or Carney or Hastings or wherever anywhere in between that
has those stations or a Next Star station, including our

(12:15):
friends in the Sioux City market. I guess you're just
gonna have to rely on social media. My guess is
that most people who were not watching Kimmell before will
not watch Kimmel now. My other best guess is even
some people who may have been interested in Kimmel and
watch every once in a while might want to watch
them again and they can't because of their affiliate. I

(12:36):
don't think this is the kind of thing they're going
to be calling the affiliate and saying, I demand that
you play Jimmy kimmelive. I just don't see that kind
of reaction coming out of this. And unless you're in
California or Chicago or New York or one of these
more liberal areas, it's like, let me call these affiliates
see if they'll do something about that. This is a
violation of free speech. It is not, by the way,

(12:57):
a violation of the First Amendment at all. This is
literally a business doing business things in a free market
boom period. So yeah, as far as what he's gonna say,
what is he gonna say? Is there is there something
that I can imagine he's gonna say. Of course, he's
gonna like have some sort of backhanded word to say

(13:17):
about this. And I don't even hate Jimmy Kimmel. I
absolutely disagree with his political musings, and the more political
he's gotten, the more I've found myself just kind of like,
h I just like, why are you doing this? Like
I don't understand what the what the point is of

(13:41):
bringing this much political banter into a show that airs
at like eleven pm our time. You think, like, I'm
like super duper excited about, like, oh yeah, Jimmy Kimmel
is back and he's talking about Trump. Awesome. I've never
thought that, not one time. I don't. I don't understand.

(14:05):
I don't understand it at all. So whatever is going
on with you, whatever's going on with people around you.
I I would hope that some sometimes we could tell
jokes to each other, whether you're a what was it

(14:28):
called a liberal or progressive that's what they call themselves,
sometimes a Democrat or Republican, there's stuff that we can
joke about and all laugh together. But as far as
I can see a I just I don't know. I don't.
I don't think there's a whole lot of I think

(14:49):
there's a whole lot of coming back for a guy
like Kimmel who's all of a sudden going to have
a lot of repenting to do to a lot of people.
I don't see that happening. I feel like there's a
a moment of clarity that some people have and try
to come to terms with on themselves about well, should

(15:11):
I still like this celebrity because their political viewpoints are
different than mine? Of course you can. If you like
Jimmy Kimmel before as a person and you like this
show even with the Trump jokes, and you just kind
of rolled your eyes at him and you were able
to fight through it. Maybe this was a straw too much.

(15:32):
Maybe this was like a step too far for you,
and now you just can't watch a show. Okay, I
could totally respect that too. If you're a person that
likes George Clooney in the movies and his appearance is
on TV and all that stuff, like, yeah, I mean,
he's a staunch democrat, he always has been. But can

(15:54):
you not like Oceans eleven? Oceans eleven is one of
my favorite movies of all time. He's awesome in that movie.
Who are we kidding? I can't like Ocean's eleven because
the guy who's the lead actor in the movie, George Clooney,
is a Democrat. How ridiculous does that sound?

Speaker 2 (16:10):
Like?

Speaker 1 (16:10):
Sure? I mean, I don't have to agree with his
politics to think he's a good actor, to like some
of the roles he's played, to like some of the
movies and shows that he's in. But if that's something
that is that important to you, you know, whether it's
a movie star or an athlete, or a talk show
host or somebody who serves your ice cream in your neighborhood,

(16:32):
Like I guess, you have to make that determination yourself
and to decide how important that is for you to
me whether I don't dislike Jimmy Kimmel as a human
being in general, I certainly haven't bothered to watch his
late night show, outside of maybe a few social media
clips that I think were kind of funny. I certainly
don't feel like I'm about to watch it now just

(16:53):
because he's gonna say stuff about a suspension. But if
he says something that addresses it or it's notable, I'll
have it for you. I'm not going to miss it
on social media. I just ain't going to watch it live.
I'll throw on a old episode of Married with Children
or something and call it good. Had Chris send me
an email Emory at kfab dot com about the Jimmy

(17:15):
Kimmel situation and said, what Kimmel said was not funny. However,
I don't think this suspension was for anything else other
than to boost ratings. What better way to get a
jump in viewership? Suspend him and make it a big
spectacle for their audience, bace, drive up support from the left,
and then bring him back. It's an interesting idea, and
again it's a little conspiracy theory e, but it's kind

(17:36):
of the Cracker Barrel thing? Right? Did Disney and Jimmy
Kimmel Cracker Barrel us by like making everything look like
it was a legitimate branding change, and then all of
a sudden they were like, no, actually we're going back
to normal. And now everybody spent a week or two
talking about cracker Barrel, and now a lot of people
who hadn't been in a long time like, yeah, maybe
I'll go to cracker Barrel.

Speaker 2 (17:55):
Now.

Speaker 1 (17:56):
I don't think that's what's going to happen here. And
I really think this was a legitimate suspension. What he
said out of line. Dizzy knew it was out of line.
There are a lot of other mitigating factors here, the
pressure from the FCC, Sure, the pressure from Sinclair Next
Star who say we're preempting this program. Sure, that has
a lot to do with maybe the financial implications that
you might find with ABC and their investment into a

(18:17):
show that turns out a ton of effort to make
They pay millions of dollars to Kimmel every year to
do the show. They have to pay millions of dollars
in other things, including his staff and the equipment and
to get the guests and just to keep the show
up and running. And we heard the Stephen Colbert Show

(18:39):
which is going belly up and canceled by next spring. Well,
that show has been losing forty million dollars a year.
You can't sustain that. I think there are a lot
of other factors in this than just trying to increase ratings.
And the Bumpy's gonna get is gonna be for tonight,
and unless he has just a killer show tonight, and
everybody who's watched going to be like, Holy cow, I

(19:01):
cannot believe how awesome this was. They're not gonna come
back the next day or the next day after that.
This is gonna be maybe a one day bump for
the people who are morbidly curious about what's gonna happen
with the show. And by the way, with no Next
Star or Sinclair Properties airing the episode itself, there's no
way that number is going to be really all that
high when you think about it,