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ABC, Fox Pull Terrorist-Themed Movies After Attacks (Update1)
By Kim Chipman
New York, Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co.'s ABC Television and News Corp.'s Fox TV, responding to terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, are withdrawing some movies from their schedules because of terrorist themes.
ABC on Saturday will replace ``The Peacemaker,'' a 1997 movie about a terrorist plotting an attack in New York, with the romantic comedy ``Hope Floats.'' Fox will air the comedy ``There's Something About Mary'' on Sunday instead of ``Independence Day,'' a film about aliens attacking Earth.
The changes are among many at TV broadcast and cable-TV networks whose news divisions are covering the attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington. All four major broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox -- will air only news during the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ``prime time'' period tonight. Tapings of many entertainment shows were halted today.
``All production at (CBS studio) was shut down,'' CBS spokesman Chris Ender said. Shows affected include the soap opera ``The Young & the Restless'' and ``The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn.''
CBS's planned Sunday broadcast of the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards, the main annual awards show for television, has been postponed. A new date has not been set, Ender said.
The CBS airing of the Latin Grammy awards tonight has been canceled, Ender said. CBS hasn't determined if it will go ahead and premiere its new science-fiction thriller ``Wolf Lake'' tomorrow, he said.
At NBC, ``The Tonight Show'' and ``Late Night With Conan O'Brien'' won't air tonight, NBC spokesman Curt King said. Tapings of the programs will be halted all week, he said.
In addition to Fox's programming change on Friday, the News Corp.-owned TV network will replace a planned broadcast of the movie ``The X-Files'' with the comedy ``Nine Months'' instead. The reason for the switch is that ``The X-Files'' episode depicts a building being blown up, Fox spokesman Scott Grogin said.
Viacom's UPN and AOL Time Warner Inc.' WB broadcast networks weren't available to comment.
By Kim Chipman
New York, Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co.'s ABC Television and News Corp.'s Fox TV, responding to terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, are withdrawing some movies from their schedules because of terrorist themes.
ABC on Saturday will replace ``The Peacemaker,'' a 1997 movie about a terrorist plotting an attack in New York, with the romantic comedy ``Hope Floats.'' Fox will air the comedy ``There's Something About Mary'' on Sunday instead of ``Independence Day,'' a film about aliens attacking Earth.
The changes are among many at TV broadcast and cable-TV networks whose news divisions are covering the attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington. All four major broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox -- will air only news during the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. ``prime time'' period tonight. Tapings of many entertainment shows were halted today.
``All production at (CBS studio) was shut down,'' CBS spokesman Chris Ender said. Shows affected include the soap opera ``The Young & the Restless'' and ``The Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn.''
CBS's planned Sunday broadcast of the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards, the main annual awards show for television, has been postponed. A new date has not been set, Ender said.
The CBS airing of the Latin Grammy awards tonight has been canceled, Ender said. CBS hasn't determined if it will go ahead and premiere its new science-fiction thriller ``Wolf Lake'' tomorrow, he said.
At NBC, ``The Tonight Show'' and ``Late Night With Conan O'Brien'' won't air tonight, NBC spokesman Curt King said. Tapings of the programs will be halted all week, he said.
In addition to Fox's programming change on Friday, the News Corp.-owned TV network will replace a planned broadcast of the movie ``The X-Files'' with the comedy ``Nine Months'' instead. The reason for the switch is that ``The X-Files'' episode depicts a building being blown up, Fox spokesman Scott Grogin said.
Viacom's UPN and AOL Time Warner Inc.' WB broadcast networks weren't available to comment.
