Shwa Posted January 13, 2011 Report Posted January 13, 2011 So this miniseries about the Kennedy's, commissioned in part by the History Channel in the US, won't be airing on their network because, The History Channel released a statement Friday stating it found the finished product a “dramatic interpretation” and thus “not a fit for the History brand.” Meanhwile, back at their website, they are happy to air 'Ancient Aliens,' 'Armageddon' and 'Nostradamus Effect.' All, as we know, very "historical." The U.S. History Channel announced last Friday that it would not air The Kennedys, which it commissioned in partnership with Canadian specialty channel History Television, owned by Shaw Television (formerly CanWest). History Television has confirmed that it plans to go ahead and air the eight-part miniseries in Canada beginning March 6. The show was shot in Toronto...Cassar thinks friends of the Kennedy family likely lobbied the parent companies that own U.S. History, including Disney, Hearst and NBC Universal, to pull the project. “I doubt they’ve even seen it,” says Cassar. “They were objecting to it before it started. They were objecting to the idea of it.” A red flag apparently went up in the Kennedy camp when an early draft of the script focused on sexual misadventures in the White House. Quote
M.Dancer Posted January 13, 2011 Report Posted January 13, 2011 The History Channel (Canada) and the Discovery Channel( canada) are total crap. ...I do watch on occasion, a movie on History. Quote RIGHT of SOME, LEFT of OTHERS If it is a choice between them and us, I choose us
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