Jimmy Kimmel Banned From MNF

[Yakuza Rich]

ESPN brings in Kimmel, a comedian no less, and were expecting analytical breakdowns of plays? Have they never watched The Man Show?

Have they ever watched their own MNF telecast? Not exactly an abundance of great analytical breakdown of plays going on there.




YAKUZA

 

[Hostile]

but i wouldn't have asked her, i would have just give her a smooch...lol...:laugh2:

And I would have stood up clapping and cheering you on.

 

[Established1971]

Yeah Trico and Jaws are OK...dump Kornheiser and bring Suzy Kolber in the booth...

well heck, then bring back Namath too, and stock the bar!:shades:

 

[sacase]

Because ESPN is a sister station of ABC, and both are owned by Disney. Disney paid a lot of money for those football television rights, and they're fully going to take advantage of a captive adult male 18-to-49 demographic audience (the most elusive and coveted of them all) to market to and cross promote.

And by doing that they are loosing that crowed everyweek. Last weeks game had the lowest numbers EVER for a MNF game. People were watching RAW more than MNF. How sad is that? ESPN is killing one of the most prized shows on TV. SNF is quickly becoming king.

 

[thekavorka]

And by doing that they are loosing that crowed everyweek. Last weeks game had the lowest numbers EVER for a MNF game. People were watching RAW more than MNF. How sad is that? ESPN is killing one of the most prized shows on TV. SNF is quickly becoming king.

That was the goal by moving SNF to NBC and MNF to cable.

 

[crazytown41]

So they ban Kimmel for his jokes but keep around that 16 year old who posed nude.

Go figure

 

[Hostile]

So they ban Kimmel for his jokes but keep around that 16 year old who posed nude.

Go figure

Who? What?

 

[WoodysGirl]

speaking of Suzy... read on PFT, she's expecting a little one. So no more, if there were any, body shots.
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POSTED 10:10 p.m. EDT; LAST UPDATED 11:10 p.m. EDT, October 17, 2007

DID THEISMANN GET KIMMEL BANNED FROM ESPN?

Though former Monday Night Football analyst Joe Theismann opted for the high road in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's repeated swipes at Theismann during a visit to the booth during this week's Giants-Falcons game, we've got a feeling that ESPN's decision to ban Kimmel from any future appearances on the show was made either at the request of Theismann, or in an effort to placate him.

We recently reported that Theismann's relationship with ESPN has ended, and ESPN spokesman Mac Nwulu told us that the two sides had reached a settlement.

Settlements of this nature typically include a term requiring the parties not to say anything bad about each other. It's called a "non-disparagement clause."

Moreover, deals like this usually apply not only to the employees and agents of the corporate party but also to all employees and agents of the corporate party's affiliated companies. In the case of ESPN, that includes Kimmel's employer, ABC.

And since Kimmel was ostensibly in the booth to promote his upcoming week of hosting Regis & Kelly Lee (or Whoever She Is) in New York and Kimmel's own show on Los Angeles, it could be argued that Kimmel's comments about Theismann can be imputed to ESPN/ABC.

Why else would ESPN be making such a big deal about this? Did they not expect Kimmel to be an irreverent smart***? Last year, he asked Theismann about the leg that was broken by Lawrence Taylor in a Monday night game in the 1980s.

Per Richard Sandomir of the New York Times, MNF producer Jay Rothman called Kimmel's comments "classless and disappointing. It was cheap. The more he went on, the worse he got."

Again, what did they expect from Kimmel?

Look, if ESPN doesn't like what Kimmel had to say, then ESPN has only itself to blame. And since ESPN typically isn't keen on admitting that it screwed up (as evidenced by the ongoing employment of Emmitt Smith), the fact that Bristol is making a big deal about this strongly suggests that the company wants to avoid an allegation that it has violated the terms of the settlement agreement with Theismann.

 

[cspackler]

I think that the MNF coverage is horrible, but it comes nowhere close to the level of suckiness that we achieved by the NFL Network Thursday night coverage last year. I sincerely hope that Bryant Gumbel isn't going to do the coverage again, it made me want to shoot myself.

 

[Vertigo_17]

So they ban Kimmel for his jokes but keep around that 16 year old who posed nude.

Go figure

tell me more, pictures, etc...

 

[Da Hammer]

:laugh2: @ Kimmel

:bang2: :bang2: :bang2: @ ESPN

 

[SkinsandTerps]

tell me more, pictures, etc...

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Nice pic SkinsandTerps, but I've always preferred this one myself:

http://i150.***BLOCKED***/albums/s102/kahne8198/ChrisHanson.jpg

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

As if the network suits would not notice Kimmel's outrageous past and present.

You have to remember that Kimmel, like that Howard Stern geek hired by Jay Leno to do interviews, comes from the raunch factory of cable TV.
Kimmel did the Man Show with his boyfriend whatshisname. One skit on that show had the other host going on a date with his mother....
I'm surprised he did not do even more outrageous things.

I think Kimmel needs a new girlfriend though. That Sarah Silverman is as ugly as they come. You'd think Kimmel would have enough money to buy himself a decent-looking woman

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

I think Kimmel needs a new girlfriend though. That Sarah Silverman is as ugly as they come. You'd think Kimmel would have enough money to buy himself a decent-looking woman

Ugly? What? She is most definitely not ugly. She's not funny either, but again, not ugly.

 

[SkinsandTerps]

Ugly? What? She is most definitely not ugly. She's not funny either, but again, not ugly.

She is not hot either.

Thing is she gets called hot because so many female comics, well you know.

Average looking girl to me.

 

[dogunwo]

I e-mailed them.

He was funny. This is a stupid over reaction.

Keep him, ban Kornheiser.

 

[dogunwo]

Have they ever watched their own MNF telecast? Not exactly an abundance of great analytical breakdown of plays going on there.




YAKUZA

They are trying to please fans outside of the football purists, which unfortunately is hurting the product drastically.

 

[dogunwo]

tell me more, pictures, etc...

I really hope you are 16 or younger.

 

[ZeroClub]

That MNF broadcast has much bigger problems than a few jokes from Kimmel.

If they got rid of Tony Comb-Over and replaced him with generic ex-player or generic ex-coach, the broadcast would be much improved. Heck, they could replace Comb-Over with a stuffed animal and the show would be improved....