Black Eye: CBS Cancels "Reagans"

http://www.drudgereport. ^ | 11/03/03 | Drudge

[kcvl]

The same people who GAVE Hillary Clinton $8 million.

[longtermmemmory]

Will this also end INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION TOO?

[Diplomat]

Does Mr. Barbara still get paid?

With regard to the cendorship cries, please cry away, good to see us with them on the run.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Agreed, and I'll take that as encouragement. I'll be happy, though, when we have a HISTORICALLY ACCURATE doc-u-drama called 'The Clintons.'

[Southack]

Total for this search: $77,200

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[teletech]

Showtime is a Viacom network known for being very leftist-friendly. I remember channel surfing and saw a clip from Queer As Folk - my jaw hit the floor.

They ARE digusting. I've got a dish with Showtime and I almost never find anything worth watching. They are porn city after dark.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I'd have to agree. It would have been the final stake thru the heart of CBS. Their ratings would have dropped off the scale. And too many people know the class of the Reagans to believe the lies CBS would put out on it.

[Mo1]

O'Reilly is on the radio here in Philly

He said that he saw 7 minutes of it and that it is REALLY bad

[who knows what evil?]

Rush will really enjoy hearing about this when he returns to the EIB network...can't wait.

[EUPHORIC]

Unfortunately Showtine has picked it up. Ohwell... Time to turn our collective psychic leaf blowers on Showtime. Betcha they cave in 24 hours and toss it off to BET or something like that.

[rintense]

Exactly. Who knew Viacom could be so dumb. Of course, this from the same company that airs 'Punk'd' on Mtv.

[longtermmemmory]

showtime=cbs both owned by viacom. There is no "shopping" to happen. It is a paper transaction to cover losses.

NExT HALLMARK!!

NO PRISONERS!!!

ONE MORE TIME FOR THE GIPPER!!!

sorry i am excited.

[gridlock]

OK, so that's the scam.

They say they are going to run this thing on SeeBS, and conservatives everywhere have a collective conniption fit. Then they move it over to Showtime, which has the same corporate parent, where normally nobody would see it. But now that it has gotten so much free publicity, people might actually tune in to see it.

We're doing Viacom's promotion for them...

This thing would be a disaster on broadcast, but will be a huge winner on cable.

Something tells me that this fix was in from the beginning, and we have all been played for suckers. I don't like being played for a sucker. I will hold this against SeeBS until the day I die. I have already programmed them off my TV, and they will not be getting back. Plenty of football on FOX.

[rintense]

I was shocked when they showed 'DC 9-11', which was a favorable view of the President on 9-11. The actors sucked, but the movie was pretty straight on in facts.

[texaslil]

Well, about time!

[mewzilla]

I say we go nuclear and start a boycott of the Super Bowl.

[baseballmom]

MSNBC is reporting that per Drudge - CBS cancels "The Reagans."

[Mo1]

WILL AIR ON SHOWTIME UNCUT...

I guess that means I get to cancel my showtime

Dumb move showtime

[Ronin]

YIPPEEEEE!!!!!

CBS takes a boot right in the teeth.

Babs is furious, Dashole is deeply saddened, it's a sunny day in Tokyo and I am ready for a nice latte!

Good work FREEPERS!!!!!

[rintense]

You know, I just don't think the folks at Viacom are that smart. And I can't see people flocking to subscribe to Showtime just for this movie. Liberals who hate Reagan, hate Reagan. A movie isn't going to make them hate him more. That's why CBS would have failed miserably. This was a hit piece, pure and simple. They got caught. And they paid for it.