I just learned my station made the decision to pre-empt The Book of Daniel only after advertisers threatened to pull their entire order with us.
Not just, they didn't want their commercials on during the show. But, if we aired the show, they didn't want their commercials on our station.
That's a huge financial would-have-been loss for a show that probably (based solely on the promos I've seen) wouldn't have lasted more than a few weeks anyway.
I can live with that, even if I still don't like it. At least the ultimate decision was made based on economics, not pissed off conservative e-mailers.
On a side note, the show is about an Episcopalian priest and his family. We (the TV station) just got a call from the local Episcopalian bishop, or whatever they call their high muckety-mucks, saying he was deeply disappointed we weren't airing the show and that we would be hearing much more from his church about this decision.
Go figure, you can't please all of the people any of the time!
Calming down now.
Nimitz' Lady
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