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VIACOM CHAIR SUMNER REDSTONE EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERN FOR NETWORK BROADCAST...WILL AIR ON SHOWTIME UNCUT [WITH AIDS QUOTE ONLY DELETION]...CBS will issue press release early in morning; Robert Greenblatt, head of SHOWTIME will announce that SHOWTIME will air the telepic. Bob Ackerman the Director has said he will re-edit some portions of the film for SHOWTIME. CBS to write-off $9 million...

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Critics Blast CBS' Reagan Miniseries 25 minutes ago By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES - The angry buzz over "The Reagans" has grown louder and more pointed. "Advertisers will bail on CBS' anti-Reagan movie," commentator Pat Buchanan (news - web sites) predicted on "The McLaughlin Group" Sunday. Two days later, a conservative media watchdog group announced a boycott call-to-arms. But CBS isn't showing signs of regretting its excursion into political drama. Based on experience, observers say, it probably doesn't need to. "The bottom line is, the more attention it (the miniseries) gets, the more people are going to...

Is there a sponsor list yet for this show? I’m sure they’d love to hear how people will respond if they are sponsoring a hit piece on President Reagan and his family. As I understand the libel and slander laws Reagan is a public figure as such in order to recover damages you have to prove that CBS, the Producers, etc knew the info was false and went ahead and recklessly with the false info. What can be done to maximize CBS's exposure to the Reagan’s and others successful libel case?