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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-10-06 07:46 AM
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25. because you don't understand the mentality of tv networks
I know that CBS "caved" by moving the Reagans movie to Showtime from the broadcast network. But as someone who has worked with broadcast companies for most of my professional career, I can tell you what I think is happening in the inner sanctum of Disney. There is probably a group arguing that it should be pulled, but it is a small group. There is a much more vocal group that is arguing that if they cave here, they will be under repeated pressure to pull programs over and over. A slippery slope argument. As the criticisms mount, a siege mentality takes over. Its no longer about P2911 and the validity of the criticisms. Its about defending the networks "right" to do what it wants.

That's why I never thought it would be cancelled.
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