[Loyal Buckeye]

Has anyone answered the question why CBS exposed controversial parts of the movie to the public? I believe they knew they had a problem and decided to test the market's response. After confirming their suspicions, they dumped the movie. They would have shown this movie absent criticism from a large chunk of viewers even though they knew it was a hatchet job.

[Livy]

good theory, but I think the more likely answer is that some of the script got leaked to drudge.