[ravingnutter]

Found what I was looking for:

LOS ANGELES - If Fred Thompson makes it official and throws his hat in the ring for President, NBC will pull future reruns of "Law & Order" featuring the actor after Sept. 1, executive producer Dick Wolf said yesterday.Wolf, reading from an official NBC statement yesterday, said the rule applies when a person legally qualifies as a candidate.

"If Fred Thompson formally declares his intention to run for President, NBC will not schedule any further repeats of 'Law & Order' featuring Mr. Thompson beyond those already scheduled, which conclude on Saturday, Sept. 1," Wolf said. Wolf assured that NBC would take all "appropriate steps consistent with FCC regulations." Thompson fans would, however, be able to see him in reruns airing on TNT.

NY Daily News

Now...

GET OFF FRED'S BACK!!!

[ejonesie22]

Now you are just confusing the our truth with the facts...

Good find, backs what I have been saying for, I don’t know...

Months...

[SuziQ]

Ah, as I thought. It's the reruns of the most recent season on NBC that needed to be concluded before he could announce. Otherwise, he'd have messed up the season for all the other actors on the show, and any royalties they may have received, not just his own. Sounds like he's had his contractual obligations in mind all along, as I always supposed.

So any re-runs that are in syndication won't be a problem because they are not necessarily from the most recent season, and they are not on the channels that are available to everyone, but only on those that are available on cable or satellite.

[lolhelp]

Thank you, now if people will read that and shut up!