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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.
The former two-term Republican senator from Tennessee recently asked to be cut from the show, leading to speculation he’d run for the White House.
That led to chatter about the equal-time rules, which force broadcasters to provide equal time to all politicians running for office.
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.