Why The Kimmel Kerfuffle? Jimmy's Network-bashing Just Upfront Tradition

Nikki Finke, Deadline.com
Wed, 05/20/2009 - 4:01am

Some of you have been emailing me about the "shocking" stuff that Jimmy Kimmel said at the ABC upfront, just because it was described by The New York Times as "a withering, blistering monologue that took direct aim at ABC [and] its potential advertisers". I've finally caught up with it. Not only am I not shocked, I'm [...]

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