Posted on 02/03/2006 3:47:57 PM PST by churchillbuff
Reacting to pressure from Christian groups, NBC canceled an episode of "Will & Grace" that featured Britney Spears as a conservative who hosts a cooking segment called "Cruci-fixin's" on a Christian TV network.
NBC last week was forced to pull its highly touted new show "The Book of Daniel" because of charges its portrayal of Jesus was blasphemous
Spears was to appear as a sidekick to the regular character Jack, who hosts his own talk show on the homosexual network Out TV, which is bought by a Christian TV network. The episode was to air April 13, just before Good Friday.
The American Family Association said NBC canceled the segment after pressure from its affiliates and AFA.
But the network said its own description of the segment was a mistake.
In a memo to affiliates, NBC said "the information was mistakenly included in a press release describing an upcoming episode of 'Will and Grace' which, in fact, has yet to be written. The reference to 'Cruci-fixins' will not be in the show and the story line will not contain a Christian characterization at all."
"NBC wanting us to believe they were mistaken in describing the segment, that they didn't know what was in their own press release, just doesn't hold water," said AFA Chairman Donald E. Wildmon. "Plainly put, NBC heard from their affiliates that they did not want to go through another 'Book of Daniel' situation while losing millions in advertising avenue."
The appearance by Spears was billed as "her first prime-time television episodic appearance." However, she also appeared as herself in an episode of "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" in 1999 and was the star of last summer's unscripted UPN show "Britney & Kevin: Chaotic."
As a young girl, Spears, now 24, was a regular on "The Mickey Mouse Club." After becoming a pop singer, she starred in the 2002 film "Crossroads."
Geez! How many times do we have to go thru this with these networks???
Hollywood seems to take special delight in corrupting women from Christian backgrounds, and putting their corruption on display.
Between the AFA and the Parents TV Council, we are getting the attention of the bad guys.
This is just CYA over the cartoon furor....NBC would not publish the cartoons and now....suprise....they are being sensitive to Christians. We'll see how long it lasts...
good thing we're not muslims, right nbc?
Isnt Spears a pig now?
They cancelled it because its bottom of the barrel ratings were stinking up the joint.
BTW, where are all the fanatical Christian protesters picketing network hq with posters demanding that the people on Will And Grace be beheaded? Just asking.
I'm staring to think this is a calculated attack. It's happening way too frequently. "Hooray! We made them evil religious-righters look intolerant again!" I'm thinking the cancellations of said shows are getting more press than the previews of the shows.
I wish the Muslims protesting over the cartoon would adopt the tactics of Christians in America. Economic boycotts can be very effective, much more so than demanding that free speech be criminalized.
Whatever. It does seem to be working. Heck, if the Muslims can riot, we ought to be able to protest.
Muslims are much less likely to accept the disrespect of the anti-religious. What do you think would have been the reaction of a Catholic congregation fifty years ago if "Act-out" had stomped on a Host in St. Patrick's church. They would have been handled "roughly".
Hot diggity! Wooohooooo!!! Hey, dummies, what part don't you understand, how many shows do we have to protest before you get the message???????
Serioulsy, anyone who is making a big deal about "Cruci-fixin's" needs to get off the drugs and find a sense of humor. I managed a chuckle just reading this sentence.
LOL -of course you realize this is just a coincidence...
/sarcasm off
Book got canned cause no one was watching it!!!
I agree. I wouldn't watch this show any more if they set their hair on fire.
Used to be funny long time ago
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