E. W. Scripps Programming Agreement Expired

I agree!  Xfinity/Comcast had same issue in 2024 with Bally Sports (Diamond Sports) channel 39 viewing Miami Marlins baseball games in South Florida viewing area and was not resolved until 08-01-24 and missed 4+ months of the 2024 season. Tried streaming from Bally app and was poor results so gave up on trying to view these games. Xfinity never notified viewers when dispute was resolved in late July and was to resume games on 08-01-24. I found out 08-17-24 on internet article that contract dispute had ended. Poor communications from Xfinity. Shortly after in October 2024 Xfinity switched it to Fanduel Sports Network. Now in 2026 Xfinity receives Marlins games from Marlins TV and that was not in place until day before start of season 03-27-26. Never ending.

Will miss the last 8.5 games of Florida Panthers starting 03-31-26. At least Xfinty notified me by email on 03-31-26 of the contract dispute.

Only good thing is that Panthers are having a poor season and out of playoffs, otherwise would be worse. I still wanted to watch their final games so another Xfinity contract dispute. There should be automatic credits to monthly bills for every day the dispute and no contract continue. Maybe they would resolve these contract disputes quicker and stop with the blaming the other guy for not coming to an agreement. Takes two to negotiate and not have these interruptions. I watch a lot of sports so 90% of the channels in my Ultimate Tier plan are useless to me. The sporting events weigh much greater with me and more valuable to me in an adjustment from Xfinity. This constant interruption of my channel availability is a problem

Good afternoon user_m7s2a5. We regularly review, and update our programming, and will certainly bring your feedback forward. If you would like assistance with reviewing your plan or your options, we are happy to assist. 

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Sounds good to be but I doubt very much if we’ll see any kind of credit on our bills. I’ve been with Xfinity for 20+ years. They certainly NOT accommodating!  Just saying……

I would like to know the same. I would like to know when Scripps and Xfinity are going to put on their big boy pants and work this out without increasing our bills exponentially. I was forced to go out and buy an antenna so that I could at least watch local stations that are affected; I should not have to do that with the plan and the amount of money that I’ve spent with Xfinity for 20 years now. I would hope that all of us are going to have a discount on our next bills and until this is straightened out.

I also found the way that all of a sudden this happened in the middle of watching a show on ABC last Tuesday evening…literally in the middle of it all the channel disappeared. Seemed like a pretty immature way to handle this

i am in same boat pOaboC is our local  station how do I apply for credit ?

I agree!  Xfinity/Comcast had same issue in 2024 with Bally Sports (Diamond Sports) channel 39 viewing Miami Marlins baseball games in South Florida viewing area and was not resolved until 08-01-24 and missed 4+ months of the 2024 season. Tried streaming from Bally app and was poor results so gave up on trying to view these games. Xfinity never notified viewers when dispute was resolved in late July and was to resume games on 08-01-24. I found out 08-17-24 on internet article that contract dispute had ended. Poor communications from Xfinity. Shortly after in October 2024 Xfinity switched it to Fanduel Sports Network. Now in 2026 Xfinity receives Marlins games from Marlins TV and that was not in place until day before start of season 03-27-26. Never ending.

Will miss the last 8.5 games of Florida Panthers starting 03-31-26. At least Xfinty notified me by email on 03-31-26 of the contract dispute.

Only good thing is that Panthers are having a poor season and out of playoffs, otherwise would be worse. I still wanted to watch their final games so another Xfinity contract dispute. There should be automatic credits to monthly bills for every day the dispute and no contract continue. Maybe they would resolve these contract disputes quicker and stop with the blaming the other guy for not coming to an agreement. Takes two to negotiate and not have these interruptions. I watch a lot of sports so 90% of the channels in my Ultimate Tier plan are useless to me. The sporting events weigh much greater with me and more valuable to me in an adjustment from Xfinity. This constant interruption of my channel availability is a problem

Good afternoon user_m7s2a5. We regularly review, and update our programming, and will certainly bring your feedback forward. If you would like assistance with reviewing your plan or your options, we are happy to assist. 

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Sounds good to be but I doubt very much if we’ll see any kind of credit on our bills. I’ve been with Xfinity for 20+ years. They certainly NOT accommodating!  Just saying……

I would like to know the same. I would like to know when Scripps and Xfinity are going to put on their big boy pants and work this out without increasing our bills exponentially. I was forced to go out and buy an antenna so that I could at least watch local stations that are affected; I should not have to do that with the plan and the amount of money that I’ve spent with Xfinity for 20 years now. I would hope that all of us are going to have a discount on our next bills and until this is straightened out.

I also found the way that all of a sudden this happened in the middle of watching a show on ABC last Tuesday evening…literally in the middle of it all the channel disappeared. Seemed like a pretty immature way to handle this

i am in same boat pOaboC is our local  station how do I apply for credit ?

I agree!  Xfinity/Comcast had same issue in 2024 with Bally Sports (Diamond Sports) channel 39 viewing Miami Marlins baseball games in South Florida viewing area and was not resolved until 08-01-24 and missed 4+ months of the 2024 season. Tried streaming from Bally app and was poor results so gave up on trying to view these games. Xfinity never notified viewers when dispute was resolved in late July and was to resume games on 08-01-24. I found out 08-17-24 on internet article that contract dispute had ended. Poor communications from Xfinity. Shortly after in October 2024 Xfinity switched it to Fanduel Sports Network. Now in 2026 Xfinity receives Marlins games from Marlins TV and that was not in place until day before start of season 03-27-26. Never ending.

Will miss the last 8.5 games of Florida Panthers starting 03-31-26. At least Xfinty notified me by email on 03-31-26 of the contract dispute.

Only good thing is that Panthers are having a poor season and out of playoffs, otherwise would be worse. I still wanted to watch their final games so another Xfinity contract dispute. There should be automatic credits to monthly bills for every day the dispute and no contract continue. Maybe they would resolve these contract disputes quicker and stop with the blaming the other guy for not coming to an agreement. Takes two to negotiate and not have these interruptions. I watch a lot of sports so 90% of the channels in my Ultimate Tier plan are useless to me. The sporting events weigh much greater with me and more valuable to me in an adjustment from Xfinity. This constant interruption of my channel availability is a problem

Good afternoon user_m7s2a5. We regularly review, and update our programming, and will certainly bring your feedback forward. If you would like assistance with reviewing your plan or your options, we are happy to assist. 

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Sounds good to be but I doubt very much if we’ll see any kind of credit on our bills. I’ve been with Xfinity for 20+ years. They certainly NOT accommodating!  Just saying……

I would like to know the same. I would like to know when Scripps and Xfinity are going to put on their big boy pants and work this out without increasing our bills exponentially. I was forced to go out and buy an antenna so that I could at least watch local stations that are affected; I should not have to do that with the plan and the amount of money that I’ve spent with Xfinity for 20 years now. I would hope that all of us are going to have a discount on our next bills and until this is straightened out.

I also found the way that all of a sudden this happened in the middle of watching a show on ABC last Tuesday evening…literally in the middle of it all the channel disappeared. Seemed like a pretty immature way to handle this

i am in same boat pOaboC is our local  station how do I apply for credit ?

Not good enough!  We are paying for it so RETURN our ABC channel!!!

are customers being credied for the lost channel. [Edited: "Solicitation"]

@XfinityAirelle​  I am quite upset about not having access to the local affiliate of ABC, WXYZ, here in the Detroit area. Really, if you think I believe that you, Comcast, are protecting us from unreasonable price increases demanded by Scripps, than you're pretty dumb. And I know you aren't. The media empire acquired through your acquisitions and the gleaming skyscraper(s) I see in Philadelphia make it abundantly clear that you're very successful at making big profits. And long-time subscribers like myself were probably the source of the big cashflow that enabled much of it.  And this isn't the first time, you have entered into these kind of ridiculous contract disputes, claiming innocence. As I said, I don't believe you for a second. It seems you're trying almost purposefully to drive us to another service or to finally decide to "cut the cable" once and for all. What a fakakta mess you are expecting us to put up with. 

@XfinityAirelle​ so we can all expect lower bills since we are not getting all the basic channels, right?  With all the money your company makes, this is ridiculous. You should eat those extra costs and get those channels back! 

@Volsgal, please know we pay programmers to bring you the entertainment you love, and many reasonable offers have been made, but they haven’t been accepted. Comcast is working toward bringing back this programming, but only with fair pricing, terms, and conditions for customers. I know unexpected changes to your TV lineup can be frustrating, and I apologize for any inconvenience. For more information, visit https://www.xfinity.com/programmingchanges. 

I feel sure that xfinity is not just negotiating on behalf of customers. If they are, tell us how much the bill would go up and let us have a say in the matter. I promise Xfinity is losing something else or they would simply jack up the price and move on. Leverage is at risk in my opinion.

Please resolve this contract dispute so that programming (CBS) can resume.

Comcast is working toward bringing back this programming, but only with fair pricing, terms, and conditions for customers. I know unexpected changes to your TV lineup can be frustrating, and I apologize for any inconvenience. For more information, visit https://www.xfinity.com/programmingchanges.

Is there going to be a refund for the loss of this station? As much as people are paying for XFinity there should be refunds for the loss of the channel for so long…otherwise people, You Tube TV is looking better all the time!!

Hello, @user_dbb69i 

Thanks for reaching out about the loss of channels owned by E. W. Scripps. This programming is currently unavailable as Comcast’s agreement with the network has expired. Please know Comcast pays programmers to bring you the entertainment you love, and a number of reasonable offers have been made that they haven’t accepted. Comcast is working toward bringing back this programming, but only with fair pricing, terms, and conditions for customers. I know unexpected changes to your TV lineup can be frustrating, and I apologize for any inconvenience. For more information, visit https://www.xfinity.com/programmingchanges.

This is not an inconvenience, WPTV is LITERALLY the channel that is on 75% of the time my TV is on.  Comcast has removed programming, yet did not lower the bill.  Again, I WILL cancel all Comcast services if the programming is not restored, and I encourage the entire community to follow suit.  I can literally watch WPTV for free with an antenna, why would I continue to pay Comcast going forward.  The clock is ticking......

I for one am also upset with Comcast. This is some sort of ploy by Comcast to force their customers to subscribe to streaming networks to make more money. These channels are part of our contract with you and will be calling every month to get the discount I am forced to subscribe to just so I can get what I was paying for. Your cable subscription prices are outrageous to begin with and Comcast is lucky you still have customers!!!!!!!@!

I agree wholeheartedly.  We too watch NBC quite a bit and it is a network channel that anyone without this cable service has access to.  It is not as though we are talking about a premium channel that was deleted.  We have tried all of the avenues to watch some of our favorite shows but cannot get local or national news unless we watch national the day after and streaming on peacock for the other shows we enjoy is very jumpy and endless commercials.  I feel it is time for all of us to look at other options as paying this much for reduced services is ridiculous and it seems that the only response to complaints is to blame Scripps indicating that we are being “saved” from higher fees that they have no problem increasing for other reasons 

If this issue is not resolved soon I will be changing to an alternate service. We continue to loose viewing and don’t get any compensation on our bill also we are charged for service if there is a problem. This is ridiculous.