'Kennedys' miniseries is pulled by History Channel

[proud2BlibKansan]

The Kennedys have no one left serving on Capitol Hill, but the family may still have enough clout to prevent a miniseries about the dynasty from airing in the United States.

In a statement Friday, the History Channel said it had decided not to air "The Kennedys," an eight-part miniseries that stars Greg Kinnear as President John F. Kennedy, Katie Holmes as his wife, Jacqueline, and Barry Pepper as Robert F. Kennedy.

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People close to the Kennedys got an early script for the program and immediately objected. The late Theodore Sorensen, a senior adviser to President Kennedy, had called the draft a "one-sided right-wing script" that was "vindictive" and "malicious," speaking in a short film about the project made by documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald. Some had managed to view the first few episodes of the completed program.

The sources said Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late president, also appealed to Anne Sweeney, a top television executive at Walt Disney Co., one of the three companies that co-own History Channel. The other co-owners are NBC Universal and Hearst Corp. Caroline Kennedy has a book deal with Disney's publishing unit, Hyperion.



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[Ichingcarpenter]

1. It was a Rethuglican, Corporate Hit piece

"Incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial!" .....

some know where that quote comes from....

[KharmaTrain]

2. Even Hearst Couldn't Make This Turd Smell Like A Rose...

This "series" must have been bad not to make it on a network that features all sorts of shows about the occult and armageddon. The last thing the "History" Channel shows much of these days is real history...kinda like how MTV has almost no music. Kinda takes guts to green light this thing...spend the money and then decide to shelve it. There's gotta be more to the story.

[Kolesar]

3. Akin to the RWers rewriting school textbooks

Martin Luther King never happened. Jefferson Davis was a patriot.

[Octafish]

4. The show's ''brain'' was the guy busted with Flushbo on the Dominican Republic Viagra Vacation.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/rush-limbaughs-dominican-stag-party

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. LOL! Not surprised.