Kennedy Mini-Series Axed by History Channel

[Analisa Norling]

Kennedy Mini-Series Axed by History Channel
Published: January 07, 2011 @ 5:55 pm


 
By Brent Lang & Tim Molloy

Under mounting political pressure, A&E Television has made the surprising decision to pull its upcoming mini-series "The Kennedys" from its schedule.

Kennedy defenders, including former presidential advisor Theodore Sorenson, were critical of the project from the beginning, in part because it came from "24" creator and avowed conservative Joel Surnow. Opponents said the miniseries, which featured a top-shelf cast including Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear, had a right-wing slant.

The big-budget series was finished and originally slated to air this spring.

“Upon completion of the production of 'The Kennedys,' History has decided not to air the 8-part miniseries on the network,” the network said in a statement. “While the film is produced and acted with the highest quality, after viewing the final product in its totality, we have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand.”

The question now is where else the show might air. Responding to a report that it was bound for Showtime, a source close to the production told TheWrap: "It's not 100 percent going to Showtime, or anywhere else right now ... Foreign sales are still in place and conversations are going on with a number of broadcasters to find a U.S. home for 'The Kennedys.'"

Liberal documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald helped lead the opposition to the project, telling the New York Times the project amounted to "political character assassination.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGf8pWpZ35k&feature=player_embedded


    * Robert Greenwald Challenges JFK Actors Kinnear, Holmes to Vet Script Apr 29, 2010

    * Kinnear Is JFK, Holmes Is Jackie in History Channel Miniseries Apr 28, 2010

"We are elated to learn that the History Channel chose to pull the plug on this project," Greenwald said Friday. "This is a great victory for the legacy of President Kennedy and for the entire Kennedy family.”

The criticism mirrored objections to "The Reagans," a miniseries CBS decided not to air in 2003 after complaints from conservatives. It eventually aired on Showtime.

Producers Muse Entertainment and Asylum Entertainment said in a statement they were "proud of the work all of our talent put into the making of 'The Kennedys' and the painstaking efforts that went into creating a drama that is compelling while rich in historic detail.

"Although we regret this does not fit into the History Channel's plans, we are confident
that television viewers in the United States will join viewers from around the world in having an opportunity to watch this series in the near future."

The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news.

http://www.thewrap.com/television/column-post/goodbye-camelot-kennedy-mini-series-axed-history-channel-23746

[Volitzer]

Of course the Globalists don't want any JFK references with their collapse of the US economy so close at hand.

JFK's June 4, 1963, Presidential decree, Executive Order 11110

June 4, 1963, a virtually unknown Presidential decree, Executive Order 11110, was signed with the authority to basically strip the Federal Reserve Bank of its power to loan money to the United States Federal Government at interest. With the stroke of a pen, President Kennedy declared that the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank would soon be out of business. The Christian Law Fellowship has exhaustively researched this matter through the Federal Register and Library of Congress. We can now safely conclude that this Executive Order has never been repealed, amended, or superseded by any subsequent Executive Order. In simple terms, it is still valid."

They don't want people to make the JFK/Ron Paul connection.

[Analisa Norling]

They don't want people to make the JFK/Ron Paul connection.

I think the only connection they have is that they both wanted to end the fed.  Other than that, their records are totally different.  Kennedy was for civil rights, for instace, while Pukl isn't.

[Volitzer]

Ron Paul is for civil rights he just draws the line at civil liberties.

Like discrimination in a public sector government job he'd be against.  Discriminating in the workplace he'd be against.

However he would not use governmental influences to tell the Black Panthers say to accept a non-black member.  It's a private organization.  Nor would he tell NOW that they have to accept men.

There's a difference between public and private.

[Justin Garrow]

Good intentions are not enough. Unless you are willing to use the full force of the Federal government to regulate the Commerce Clause, you may as well be a bigot.

[Volitzer]

Good intentions are not enough. Unless you are willing to use the full force of the Federal government to regulate the Commerce Clause, you may as well be a bigot.

I've been thinking about what you said.   

So by your thinking I should have every legal ground to stand on if say I go back to NY and sue Onondaga and Oswego County SBA's (Small Business Administrations) for industrial discrimination because the SBA's there gave preferential treatment to those creating service sector jobs and mocked those of us vying for industrial ones right ?

I mean under the commerce clause they discriminated against me cuz of my industrial advocacy.  They shelled out money for service sector jobs but not industrial so I have a case ?

Are you taking law ??  Just curious ?