ABC is Jimmy Kimmel’s punchline

May 24, 2009

At ABC’s upfront meeting, Jimmy Kimmel tore into ABC and its advertisers:

To the ABC advertisers, Mr. Kimmel said, “Every year we lie to you and every year you come back for more. You don’t need an upfront. You need therapy. We completely lie to you, and then you pass those lies onto your clients.”

Funny and true, but some (including the New York Times’ Dave Itzkoff) think Kimmel is out of a job because of the stunt. In a jab at the failing newspaper industry, commenter Brian puts it best:

I’m sure his monologue went over fine. People in the TV business don’t take themselves nearly as seriously as you newspaper people do. Probably because we get paid a lot more.

Ouch.

Comments

1. cody — May 30, 2009 at 8:34:25

   

   Who cares what Jimmy says! I never liked him anyway!