Kimmel Demolishes ABC's Upfronts

I saw that NYT headline and thought maybe Jimmy had vandalized ABC property, drove his car into the front of their building or something. I imagined panicked employees running around: "Look, he's smashed our upfronts!"

Instead, it was just a boring piece on how he publicly trashed all their new fall shows, sassed off at the advertisers, and took pot shots at other networks. I guess I'm not savvy to TV insider lingo.

It's boorish behavior from the comedian, but I liked this line:

Returning to ABC’s advertisers, Mr. Kimmel said, “Next year on ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ your product could kill Dr. Izzie. It just depends on how much you want to pay.”

He's right. In post-reality America, it just doesn't matter. Nothing matters. The advertisers who fund your on-screen antics don't matter, the ignorant boobs who watch you don't matter, so why not dump all over everything? Life is all a bad dream and only Hollywood is real.

If a pointless comment falls flat in Hollywood, and everyone is in too much of a stupor to care, should I still go out a buy more chips and a Lexus because the TV told me so?

What is the sound of no hands clapping?

NYT - Arts Beat