Some viewers are angry with Sinclair’s Washington, D.C. ABC affiliate WJLA after it chose to air the Monday Night Football game between the hometown team and the Pittsburgh Steelers and not Ryan Lochte’s debut on Dancing with the Stars Monday night.
“Feel seriously betrayed by WJLA,” one viewer wrote on the WJLA Facebook page. “For weeks we’ve been looking forward to the opening night of DWTS! Only to find out it was bumped for the Redskins game. Ok – it’s ok they said when we called yesterday – you can watch it at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday. Hello! We’re at work and school plus you can’t vote at 9 a.m. Thanks WJLA.”
WJLA is airing DWTS this morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
NO, I am NOT watching #DWTS because our local market DC, VA, MD is showing a stupid football game. Shame on @CoxComm https://t.co/aLd2DZVQ6d
— Amanda Socci (@SocciWriter) September 13, 2016
What corporate exec at @ABC_Publicity or @DancingABC do I need to speak to about DC stations showing Monday Night Football instead of #DWTS?
— Julia (@jk07) September 13, 2016
[FTW]My mother is LIVID that dancing with the Stars Premiere isn’t on tonight because of the football game
— Joey Quinn (@Rjoequinn) September 12, 2016