[longtermmemmory]

a strategic retreat to keep the "product" viable for distribution to european and outside USA markets.

I am getting madder.
ANY advertiser on CBS MUST PAY!

The only thing CBS/viacom did is eliminate the headache of advertiser objections and affiliate problems.

Showtime is not so good that canceling them is not a problem.

[JoJo Gunn]

Besides the deserved s***storm, I suspect they were having fits in the editing room. No way to hide all the bias, redo the music, etc, in time. So they just threw it at sHomoTime.