Frustrated by decades of casual disregard, WMAQ weatherman Brant Miller sent shockwaves Wednesday night when he implored Dateline viewers, screaming: “F*@k your regularly scheduled program!!! I’m trying to warn you about a giant f*@king tornado!!!”
While the outburst stunned the audience at home, Miller explained that he has been considering “shaking things up” for years.
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“For two decades, I’ve come on the air to warn our community about disastrous, potentially life-threatening storms, and each time I’ve had to meekly apologize for making them miss 90 seconds of Mad About You or Fear Factor: Criminal Intent,” Miller said. “Well, it’s high time I take my f*!king tail out from between my f*#king legs. They’re called severe storm warnings for a god damn reason, ya know!”
In meeting with the local broadcasting legend, Miller presented The Chicago Dope with stacks of audience letters he has accumulated over the years. Despite winning two Emmy awards and reporting on more than 175 Class 2 Storms since 1987, Miller revealed that he has received nearly 10,000 letters fron viewers complaining that he interrupted their regularly scheduled programming.
A typical letter, sent to Miller in February, 1998 by a woman named Jackie R., reads: “Hey Dickbag - Thanks for ruining my Tuesday night. I was in the middle of an AMAZING episode of Suddenly Susan, and during a totally tense scene when I thought Susan and Jack might finally hook up in Jack’s office, you pop out of nowhere to tell me about some retarded thunderstorm. You babbled for like 25 minutes, and by the time it went back to the Susan, it was already commercials. You suck.”
Records show that two people died in flash floods that night.
After conferring this morning, station executives elected not to punish Miller. A short statement released to the press reads: “While we frown on the language Brant chose to use last night, it really is pretty stupid to ignore a severe storm warning just so you don’t miss a moment of America’s Got Talent. Come on people.”
Miller hopes his outburst will begin to alter the relationship between Chicagoans and their newscasters, though he said he thinks most viewers missed his rant because they went to pee as soon as they saw him.
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