KETV was one of many ABC stations that pre-empted the special showing of "Saving Private Ryan" in late 2004 due to concerns that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would impose a fine on them if they had aired the World War II-set movie due to the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy earlier that year. The station, along with other Hearst-owned ABC affiliated stations, aired the 1992 film "Far and Away" instead; for the above reason, the program aired on all of the state's other ABC stations, and it was eventually determined that the movie's broadcast did not violate FCC regulations.