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ABC Family Trying to Dump Robertson (Again)

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dampier

ABC Family, saddled with the legacy of CBN's 700 Club which has followed the channel through its various iterations, is once again supposedly trying to find a contractual way to dump Pat Robertson's baggage from its lineup. ABC HQ in NY is getting lots of calls according to MSNBC earlier today.

ABC has never been comfortable with 700 Club programming on ABC Family, but Robertson's attorneys have managed to preserve a contractual clause requiring ABC (and Fox Family before it) to carry 700 Club.

However, after Robertson advocated the assassination of a foreign leader (which the Venezuelan government has labeled terroristic threats), ABC is back at it again.

Assuming Robertson doesn't blow his own foot off putting an end to 700 Club, ABC's options have been trying to buy Robertson out, finding a loophole in the contract, or reformulating ABC Family as a wholly-owned ABC entity without Robertson's show.

Media Matters, a media monitoring group, has already been publicly calling ABC Family to dump the show, probably unaware of the contractual obligations ABC has with the show. ABC is planning to release a news statement about the matter sometime later today or tomorrow.
 
Well they need to do something because as long as "The 700 Club" is on ABC Family its going to hurt the channel's growth as a basic service, its fortunes and its future.
 
Disney...PLEASE find a way to get rid of that bible thumper! I don't care how you do it. As long as it's legal, I'd be cool with it! :)
 
> Well they need to do something because as long as "The 700
> Club" is on ABC Family its going to hurt the channel's
> growth as a basic service, its fortunes and its future.
>

Agreed -- as long as 700's on the schedule, ABC Family will remain second-rate. It is 700 that caused ABC not only to have a weak schedule in general, but to have more infomercials during late-night, as no show wants to be saddled after 700.

In my opinion, it was also 700 that caused Fox Family (which preceded ABC Family) to lose alot of money as well, which also led to their plans to launch "Boyz" and "Girlz" channels being scuttled.
<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by rugrats1 on 08/23/05 10:02 PM.</FONT></P>
 
I have heard on the news that only 300,000 people (which translates to the whole city of Corpus Christi Texas)watch the 700 Club. If anybody decides to pull the plug on the 700 Club,it would probably be the local stations at first. And since we have yet to hear an apology from "Oops I Put My Big Fat Foot In My Mouth Again" Pat Robertson,ABC Family will have to get rid of The 700 Club and replace it with upteen reruns of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's shows.
 
> If anybody decides to pull the plug on the 700
> Club,it would probably be the local stations at first.

I believe ABC Family's decision won't affect the other channels or networks. Just about every religious channel, including TBN, Daystar and Cornerstone, has 700 on the schedule.

> And
> since we have yet to hear an apology from "Oops I Put My Big
> Fat Foot In My Mouth Again" Pat Robertson,ABC Family will
> have to get rid of The 700 Club and replace it with upteen
> reruns of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's shows.
>
In my opinion, the Olsen twins are miles better than Pat's evangelical tripe.
 
> I have heard on the news that only 300,000 people (which
> translates to the whole city of Corpus Christi Texas)watch
> the 700 Club. If anybody decides to pull the plug on the 700
> Club,it would probably be the local stations at first. And
> since we have yet to hear an apology from "Oops I Put My Big
> Fat Foot In My Mouth Again" Pat Robertson,ABC Family will
> have to get rid of The 700 Club and replace it with upteen
> reruns of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's shows.

I can't see the local stations pulling The 700 Club unless the complaints generated to the station are more than the money pulled in by the show (remember, Robertson pays the stations to air it).
 
Casper The "Friendly" Ghost Not Welcome...

Had the experience of working at Pat Robertson's Boston WXNE Channel 25 O&O in the late 70's. It was a trip. No! More like a cult running the place. They would not run the kids cartoon 'Casper The Friendly Ghost' because it promoted ghosts which they believed were anti-Christian. Also, they started each day with a three hour prayer meeting... Finally, the station nearly shut down because Pat's son forgot to sign the contract for fall syndicate programs.
Still, Robertson sold it to Fox for a fortune.


> ABC Family, saddled with the legacy of CBN's 700 Club which
> has followed the channel through its various iterations, is
> once again supposedly trying to find a contractual way to
> dump Pat Robertson's baggage from its lineup. ABC HQ in NY
> is getting lots of calls according to MSNBC earlier today.
>
> ABC has never been comfortable with 700 Club programming on
> ABC Family, but Robertson's attorneys have managed to
> preserve a contractual clause requiring ABC (and Fox Family
> before it) to carry 700 Club.
>
> However, after Robertson advocated the assassination of a
> foreign leader (which the Venezuelan government has labeled
> terroristic threats), ABC is back at it again.
>
> Assuming Robertson doesn't blow his own foot off putting an
> end to 700 Club, ABC's options have been trying to buy
> Robertson out, finding a loophole in the contract, or
> reformulating ABC Family as a wholly-owned ABC entity
> without Robertson's show.
>
> Media Matters, a media monitoring group, has already been
> publicly calling ABC Family to dump the show, probably
> unaware of the contractual obligations ABC has with the
> show. ABC is planning to release a news statement about the
> matter sometime later today or tomorrow.
>
 
A Prescription For His Own Medicine ?

> Disney...PLEASE find a way to get rid of that bible thumper!
> I don't care how you do it. As long as it's legal, I'd be
> cool with it! :)
>
Hope no one follows Pat Robertson's prescription for getting rid of troublesome people ... namely Robertson himself.
 
Re: Casper The "Friendly" Ghost Not Welcome...

Although I'm conservative on many issues, I'm not part of the Religious
Right (maybe I'm more of a South Park Conservative!). I do object when people try to take the Christ out of Christmas (but
hey, the holiday's really about Santa, right?) but am not part of the whole
Pat/Tammy Faye/Falwell deal.

Zappa commented on Robertson in a spoken word bit from "Jesus Thinks You're
a Jerk" (1988):
"Imagine if you will
A multi-millionaire Television Evangelist,
Saved from Korean Combat duty by his father, a U.S. Senator

"Studied Law --
But is not qualified to practice it

"Father of a love child
Who, in adulthood, hosts the remnants
Of papa's religious propaganda program

"Claims not to be a Faith Healer ,
But has, in the past,
Dealt stearnly with everything from hemorrhoids to hurricanes

"Involved with funding for a 'secret war' in Central America
Claiming Ronald Reagan and Oliver North as close friends

"Involved in suspicous 'tax-avoidance schemes',
(Under investigation for 16 months by the I.R.S.)

"Claims to be a MAN OF GOD;
Currenty seeking the United States Presidency,
Hoping we will all follow him into --
The Twilight Zone

"What if Pat gets in the White House,
And suddenly --
The rights of 'certain people' disappear
Mysteriously?

"Now, wouldn't that sort of qualify
As an American Tragedy?
(Especially if he covers it up, sayin'
Jesus told it to me! )"

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Re: A Prescription For His Own Medicine ?

To get his point across about Venezuelian president Hugo Chavez, maybe Pat Roberston instead should have urged his viewers to boycott Citgo gasoline stations.

Citgo is now a 100%-owned subsidiary of a Venezuelian oil company.
 
And this man calls himself a "man of the cloth"? He really picks the best times to open up his "holier than thou" mouth. I mean, here we are.... paying the highest gas prices in history and here is Robertson advocating the assassination of the leader of Venezuela (Hugo Chavez), a country that provides over 10% of the petroleum of this country. True, Chavez is a despot (a real creep) and is very cushy with good old Fidel (can you say, Communist)? But, it's up to the Venezuelan voters to decide what to do with him, not Robertson or anybody else for that matter. This country (the US) cannot afford any shut off from any country at this time. Robertson has opened up his his mouth, one too many times. I hope ABC Family will finally get this so-called "man of the cloth" off the air for good. Can you believe that Robertson claims that he was taken "out of context" from yesterday's "700 Club"? I don't buy it one bit.


> ABC Family, saddled with the legacy of CBN's 700 Club which
> has followed the channel through its various iterations, is
> once again supposedly trying to find a contractual way to
> dump Pat Robertson's baggage from its lineup. ABC HQ in NY
> is getting lots of calls according to MSNBC earlier today.
>
> ABC has never been comfortable with 700 Club programming on
> ABC Family, but Robertson's attorneys have managed to
> preserve a contractual clause requiring ABC (and Fox Family
> before it) to carry 700 Club.
>
> However, after Robertson advocated the assassination of a
> foreign leader (which the Venezuelan government has labeled
> terroristic threats), ABC is back at it again.
>
> Assuming Robertson doesn't blow his own foot off putting an
> end to 700 Club, ABC's options have been trying to buy
> Robertson out, finding a loophole in the contract, or
> reformulating ABC Family as a wholly-owned ABC entity
> without Robertson's show.
>
> Media Matters, a media monitoring group, has already been
> publicly calling ABC Family to dump the show, probably
> unaware of the contractual obligations ABC has with the
> show. ABC is planning to release a news statement about the
> matter sometime later today or tomorrow.
> <P ID="signature">______________
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts</P>
 
> Robertson has opened up his his mouth, one too
> many times. I hope ABC Family will finally get this
> so-called "man of the cloth" off the air for good.

Not likely unless Disney finds a loophole in their contract. I doubt any local stations that run his show will cancel it either. He pays the stations to run his show and they don't want to lose that revenue.

> Can you believe that Robertson claims that he was taken "out of
> context" from yesterday's "700 Club"? I don't buy it one
> bit.

Robertson not only ran his pie-hole when he shouldn't have, he is also a bald-faced liar. That is conduct unbecoming of an ordained minister of any faith. He should be disciplined by his church as well as the feds.

He has since apologized. Big whoop.
 
> He has since apologized. Big whoop.

And instead suggested kidnapping, thus making it all better.

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WXNE and Pat Robertson (Re: Casper The "Friendly" Ghost Not Welcome...)

Isn't it ironic that "family friendly" Pat Robertson sold WXNE-TV to the "not-so-family friendly' Rupert Murdoch for a sizable sum back in 1987? That's truly amazing. But, Pat Robertson did not become a multi-millionaire by being totally "on the square". I must say that WXNE/25 was, all-in-all, a pretty good indie. Within 3 years of signing-on (back in October, 1977) you'd be hard pressed to find ANY religious programming on Channel 25. They had daily two airings of the "700 Club", but very little else dealing with religion. Even Sundays, which were originally for "preaching and teaching" (just like the other CBN stations), they really loaded up with westerns and sit-coms by 1980. They even ran the movie "Network" UNEDITED in PRIME-TIME in the early 1980's? Figure that out! I personally wish that WXNE did not go the FOX route and stayed an indie. But, that was 19 years ago.

And they were worried about "Casper, The Friendly Ghost" ? Jeez.....



> Had the experience of working at Pat Robertson's Boston WXNE
> Channel 25 O&O in the late 70's. It was a trip. No! More
> like a cult running the place. They would not run the kids
> cartoon 'Casper The Friendly Ghost' because it promoted
> ghosts which they believed were anti-Christian. Also, they
> started each day with a three hour prayer meeting...
> Finally, the station nearly shut down because Pat's son
> forgot to sign the contract for fall syndicate programs.
> Still, Robertson sold it to Fox for a fortune.<P ID="signature">______________
Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts</P>
 
> Can you
> believe that Robertson claims that he was taken "out of
> context" from yesterday's "700 Club"? I don't buy it one
> bit.

I can't believe it but many of his sheep-like fans will. Today one has to ask how many Pat Robertsons are there, because the excuse-o-matic has been putting out different statements all day. Of course, the good old favorite "the liberal media is misreporting the story" is on the top of the playlist.

We report, you decide:

Robertson on the 22nd

ROBERTSON: You know, I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. It's a whole lot cheaper than starting a war. And I don't think any oil shipments will stop. But this man is a terrific danger and the United ... This is in our sphere of influence, so we can't let this happen. We have the Monroe Doctrine, we have other doctrines that we have announced. And without question, this is a dangerous enemy to our south, controlling a huge pool of oil, that could hurt us very badly. We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with.

Robertson on the morning of the 24th:

ROBERTSON: Wait a minute, I didn't say 'assassination.' I said our special forces should, quote, "take him out," and "take him out" can be a number of things including kidnapping. There are a number of ways to take out a dictator from power besides killing him. I was misinterpreted by the AP, but that happens all the time.

(Dampier says: "take him out" could presumably also mean the special forces could take Chavez out for a pizza and some drinks)

Robertson on the afternoon of the 24th:

Robertson issues a press release in which he claimed that his assassination comments were "adlibbed" out of frustration, suggesting they were not representative of his true thinking.

Maybe tomorrow he'll blame it on Jell-o. One has to now ask which is it? The distinction without a difference line from the morning of the 24th or the "adlib" of the afternoon of the 24th.

So is he admitting he lied about the morning statement or the afternoon statement. Since he accused the "liberal media" of misquoting him, it sounds like he needs to send an "I'm So Sorry" bouquet to the AP newsdesk if he wants us to accept the "adlib" press release.

As I said before, I think he's been drinking too many of his own diet shakes.
 
Robertson Apologizes

Roberston apologized today in a written statement, but insists he never said the actual word "assassinate", but it was what he meant.


> ABC Family, saddled with the legacy of CBN's 700 Club which
> has followed the channel through its various iterations, is
> once again supposedly trying to find a contractual way to
> dump Pat Robertson's baggage from its lineup. ABC HQ in NY
> is getting lots of calls according to MSNBC earlier today.
>
> ABC has never been comfortable with 700 Club programming on
> ABC Family, but Robertson's attorneys have managed to
> preserve a contractual clause requiring ABC (and Fox Family
> before it) to carry 700 Club.
>
> However, after Robertson advocated the assassination of a
> foreign leader (which the Venezuelan government has labeled
> terroristic threats), ABC is back at it again.
>
> Assuming Robertson doesn't blow his own foot off putting an
> end to 700 Club, ABC's options have been trying to buy
> Robertson out, finding a loophole in the contract, or
> reformulating ABC Family as a wholly-owned ABC entity
> without Robertson's show.
>
> Media Matters, a media monitoring group, has already been
> publicly calling ABC Family to dump the show, probably
> unaware of the contractual obligations ABC has with the
> show. ABC is planning to release a news statement about the
> matter sometime later today or tomorrow.
>
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Re: Robertson Apologizes

> Roberston apologized today in a written statement, but
> insists he never said the actual word "assassinate", but it
> was what he meant.
>
Any willing takers on how long it takes before Robertson makes another blunder? I imagine the next little barb he pulls off,ABC Family will give him any amount of money to get him off of the air.

Don't worry his apology doesn't mean a thing at all. Robertson is one of those who makes an apology and takes it all back with yet another nasty statement.
 
> And this man calls himself a "man of the cloth"? He really
> picks the best times to open up his "holier than thou"
> mouth. I mean, here we are.... paying the highest gas
> prices in history and here is Robertson advocating the
> assassination of the leader of Venezuela (Hugo Chavez), a
> country that provides over 10% of the petroleum of this
> country. True, Chavez is a despot (a real creep) and is very
> cushy with good old Fidel (can you say, Communist)? But,
> it's up to the Venezuelan voters to decide what to do with
> him, not Robertson or anybody else for that matter. This
> country (the US) cannot afford any shut off from any country
> at this time. Robertson has opened up his his mouth, one too
> many times. I hope ABC Family will finally get this
> so-called "man of the cloth" off the air for good. Can you
> believe that Robertson claims that he was taken "out of
> context" from yesterday's "700 Club"? I don't buy it one
> bit.

Let the truth be known. Pat Robertson is about one foot closer to the grave by way of extreme fire and brimstone.

Pat Robertson, depart from us, we never knew you. You speak evil to those you DO NOT KNOW! ABC Family NEEDS to ixnay on The 700 Club. Talk about a news with a "positive message" featuring one old hypocrite! Blasphemy!!<P ID="signature">______________
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Re: Robertson Apologizes

> Roberston apologized today in a written statement, but
> insists he never said the actual word "assassinate", but it
> was what he meant.

Has he listened to the tape, or read the transcriptions? That's the exact word he used.

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