CBS is having a tough year.
First there was the Reagan bio-pic controversy, then there is the firestorm ignited by the Janet Jackson boob incident which still continues. Next the network caved in to the protests of a couple Native Americans and apologized for Andre 3000's Grammy performance.
Last night CBS aired disclaimers during Survivor warning if something potentially offensive. Funny thing is that due to the editing and pixilation it was sort of hard to tell what actually happened. Rori wonders there was more to the Richard Hatch/Sue Hawk "penis rub" incident that we where shown.
And now the upcoming sweeps mini-series remake of Helter Skelter is under the microscope. From the LA Times news service:
When conservatives raised a ruckus last year over The Reagans, CBS ended up dumping the TV movie about the former first family. Then Janet Jackson's impromptu strip during CBS' Super Bowl halftime show reignited a national debate about broadcast indecency.Perhaps they should just give the story a happy ending.Now the network finds itself with another potentially troublesome project, this one involving mass murderer Charles Manson.
One of CBS' main events for the critical May ratings sweep is Helter Skelter, a new three-hour adaptation of former Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi's best seller about the 1969 Manson murders. But with CBS seemingly always in the media hot seat, Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves is evidently taking no chances that the Manson film will become the latest flap for his network, which nevertheless remains the nation's most-watched broadcaster and has enjoyed a strong season so far.
Sheesh...
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I really couldn't figure ou... (Below threshold)1. Posted by King of Fools | February 27, 2004 2:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I really couldn't figure out who initiated the Sue/Hatch dance. I originally thought she was the initiator. (The preview for next week makes me think otherwise, but she didn't seem to complain when it happened.)
1. Posted by King of Fools | February 27, 2004 2:58 PM |
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Posted on February 27, 2004 14:58
2. Posted by Little Miss Attila | February 28, 2004 3:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I know someone who has dinner every year at El Coyote, where Sharon Tate had her last meal. On the anniversary of her death.
That is, as I understand it, also the anniversary of Nagasaki.
There's your happy ending.
2. Posted by Little Miss Attila | February 28, 2004 3:07 AM |
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Posted on February 28, 2004 03:07