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E. W. Scripps Programming Agreement Expired
E. W. Scripps cable network programming is currently unavailable as our agreement with E. W. Scripps has expired.
Please know we pay programmers to bring you the entertainment you love, and a number of reasonable offers have been made and 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.
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user_ssiq13
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2 Messages
1 day ago
Please bring back scripps - Nbc and peacock are the main channels I watch. Well you be giving me a refund for all the days I can't access them?
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user_ixkrck
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3 Messages
1 day ago
Your financial disagreement with Scripps is going to cost you a lot of customers. Many people that I know who have paid for cable for years are disgusted with this, including myself. You're going to lose many clients to streaming platforms when you take away the most popular local news channel in the area. I've already cut my cable in half and I'm discovering how little I need it, especially if I now have to find and stream the local news team that I've watched for over 25 years.
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user_fqz8sq
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2 Messages
1 day ago
Bring back News channel 5on CBS or provide a rebate to our bill.
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user_u8e3fl
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2 Messages
1 day ago
We are aware that there are contract negotiations going on with Scripps. However, it seems to be out of standstill for too long. It’s always been a public accessible station. I understand that other parts of the country aren’t having this problem. It seems like there needs to be something else done besides penalizing your customers we will have to make another choice for a provider if it doesn’t change soon. .
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user_r8i002
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2 Messages
1 day ago
I understand that Xfinity and Scripps are struggling to negotiate; HOWEVER, I pay to have ABC available and I think it would be appropriate to discount all monthly bills until this is resolved. This is a corporate problem not a customer problem.
thank you
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user_aeb4p0
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1 Message
14 hours ago
This is such [Edited: "Profanity"] that we cannot receive a local station through cable. When will this be rectified?
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user_d03ga8
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2 Messages
11 hours ago
I live in Utah and have lost my local Fox station and would like to have it returned. I am paying over $200 for xfinity cable and should be able to watch local channels
Terry
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user_p8hpbt
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1 Message
11 hours ago
I have been with Comcast for 35+ years. With the price we pay for cable we should be able to see our local WPTV. Please come to an agreement, we miss our favorite local shows.
Angela Robinson
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user_dm38a9
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2 Messages
10 hours ago
Come on Xfinity...
Yes, prices for everything continues to rise. That's today's economy.
It's time for the corporation to reach into their deep pockets and pay up. Execs are in a better position to take less of a bonus this year than I am to pay higher prices for less service.
I've been loyal for over 30 years paying for your premium package. Time for Xfinity/Comcast to reciprocate in like manner.
Don't be so greedy to save a few bucks that you end up losing customers who pay quite a bit for monthly cable.
The more I'm pushed to find my channels through other sources, the more likely I'm getting closer to cutting the cable cord.
This is more than frustrating for the customer, it feels like a betrayal. Give us what we signed up for. Quality service, complete programming. We don't need to be caught up in corporate disputes and and paying for the price of your negotiations.
Put Scripps channels back on the air as part of our cable package. Plain and simple.
Signed,
Disgruntled & Dissatisfied
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user_656bf7
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3 Messages
8 hours ago
Twenty-three days and counting. Each morning and afternoon when I want to get the local news and weather on WXYZ, the local ABC affiliate, I get that stupid pink screen. Basically, Comcash is unresponsive to its subscribers on the missing channels. No change in the message, no updates that there is any effort being made to a resolution.
Given the movement by the public away from cable tv to streaming, one would think that Comcash would want to resolve this.
It is becoming more apparent that the lack of agreement with Scripps is going to be permanent. I've had Comcash for over thirty years, and it's becoming more apparent that cutting the cord is going to be my response.
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user_n0ah90
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1 Message
8 hours ago
I'd like to have my Denver ABC channel back. It used to be that cable companies could not remove local channels due to the need for information during emergencies (fire, severe weather, etc.). This rule needs to be reinstated.
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user_rg266w
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2 Messages
8 hours ago
Please return my NBC / WPTV programming. I watch Kelly and Mark, my talk shows, soaps and Jimmy Fallon. What’s going on?
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user_yj9ub2
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1 Message
4 hours ago
The year is 2026. In an age of high speed data, streaming services, online gaming, etc. and I have to bust out a rabbit ear antenna because you guys won’t come to an agreement for a service we all pay a lot of money for. We’re in Michigan trying to watch the NFL draft. I don’t even pay for the full package it’s only local channels and one of my few local channels I can’t even access? c’mon. Please think of putting your customers before profits.
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user_xxv1ap
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1 Message
2 hours ago
when will refunds begin for Xfinity customers that are no longer receiving ABC?
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user_2e275e
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1 Message
22 minutes ago
When does Comcast intend to refund the portion of our monthly service fee that was allocated to Scripps prior to the expiration of the agreement on 3/31/26? We pay far too much to lose a major channel and not be compensated. The portion of our monthly fee Comcast was previously paying to Scripps is now in Comcast's pocket. (I am in the Utah Wasatch Front market and no longer have Fox13.)
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