now that Fred Thompson has declared himself in the running for President?
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When does NBC/Universal need to pull recent Law & Order episodes...
- Thread starter cadillacjack
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I don't think they ever stopped running Ronald Reagan films on account of him running for President in 1976, 1980, and 1984 and Governor of California before that or Arnold Scharznegger films when he ran for Governor of California or Clint Eastwood films when he ran for Mayor of Carmel, California or stopped Sonny and Cher's music when Sonny Bono ran for Senator.
And I don't think that it is going to happen with Fred Thompson and Law In Order either in repeats or in first-run.
Your point exactly?
And I don't think that it is going to happen with Fred Thompson and Law In Order either in repeats or in first-run.
Your point exactly?
Braves2005 said:
He does have a point. Keep in mind there is an equal time rule, and for that reason during the Reagan elections lots of stations would not air anything related to Reagan in fear of violating the law. NBC has indeed stopped airing L&O reruns featuring him.
TNT, below in this story, explains they will continue to air the Fred Thompson episodes despite a threat for violating the law, but it is debatable if the rule applies to cable networks as well.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20070831/ca_pr_on_en/tv_thompson__s_reruns
Of course if they stopped airing the Fred Thompson episodes, they'd proabably would have to drag out the Michael Moriarty era shows, which for some weird reason TNT never like to show...
Braves2005 said:
I believe stations were required to stop running Reagan movies during his campaigns but were allowed to resume after the repective election nights. I'm not sure if Kollyfornia stations had to do so when Ahnuld was running for Guvernator. Such a law wouldn't have affected border stations in Oregon, Arizona, or Nevada anyway.
In Thompson's case, I don't know since campaign laws may have changed since 1984.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/28/AR2007032802174.html
"During the 2003 gubernatorial race in California, television stations dropped all Arnold Schwarzenegger movies out of fear that showing them would require them to give countless hours of free airtime to all 134 other candidates for governor.
Stations also dropped "Bedtime for Bonzo" and other Ronald Reagan movies during his campaigns for governor of California and president."
"There is potential good news for "Law & Order" fans. The FCC rules have never been applied to cable channels, though several legal experts said cable often abides by an equal-time guideline in the hopes of avoiding a legal case that would set a precedent."
"During the 2003 gubernatorial race in California, television stations dropped all Arnold Schwarzenegger movies out of fear that showing them would require them to give countless hours of free airtime to all 134 other candidates for governor.
Stations also dropped "Bedtime for Bonzo" and other Ronald Reagan movies during his campaigns for governor of California and president."
"There is potential good news for "Law & Order" fans. The FCC rules have never been applied to cable channels, though several legal experts said cable often abides by an equal-time guideline in the hopes of avoiding a legal case that would set a precedent."
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Grindlfan
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Regardless, there are too many of those friggin Law & Order shows on anyway. I'd be thrilled to have any of them off the air for a while
Grindlfan said:
It's better than most of what's on these days.
As I understand, it isn't a violation to run a Law and Order episode with Thompson. But if another candidate requests equal time from the station (not the network) airing the program, the station is required to grant that request. The equal time provisions only apply to local broadcast stations, not the networks. In the Thompson case, since each NBC affiliate could be getting requests from each Republican candidate running for the nomination, it would just make sense for NBC not to air any Thompson episodes. TNT can apparently do whatever they want, since they're cable not broadcast.
I remember years ago when Fred Grandy first ran for congress in Iowa, the Love Boat's last season reruns were still on prime time on ABC. A Republican running in the primary against Grandy requested equal time from the Sioux City ABC affiliate. The station obviously didn't want to drop the show, so they offered the guy a half-hour interview if he would drop his request, which he agreed to.
I remember once talking to a guy who worked at a Rush Limbaugh affiliate. Rush was going to spend an hour interviewing Dan Quayle prior to the 92 election. Rush sent out a memo to affiliates advising them of the Quayle interview and noting equal time didn't apply to them (Rush's network) but did to the local stations, and they might get a request from the Clinton/Gore campaign for equal time. This particular station decided to replace the Quayle hour with a "Best of Rush."
I remember years ago when Fred Grandy first ran for congress in Iowa, the Love Boat's last season reruns were still on prime time on ABC. A Republican running in the primary against Grandy requested equal time from the Sioux City ABC affiliate. The station obviously didn't want to drop the show, so they offered the guy a half-hour interview if he would drop his request, which he agreed to.
I remember once talking to a guy who worked at a Rush Limbaugh affiliate. Rush was going to spend an hour interviewing Dan Quayle prior to the 92 election. Rush sent out a memo to affiliates advising them of the Quayle interview and noting equal time didn't apply to them (Rush's network) but did to the local stations, and they might get a request from the Clinton/Gore campaign for equal time. This particular station decided to replace the Quayle hour with a "Best of Rush."
Please understand I am no Fred-Head (I'm a Huckabee supporter) but I think the equal time rule is archaic. With all the new forms of news, and outlets for candidates to get their message out I don't think there is a need for "Equal-time" anymore. The rule is as archaic as the NFL blackout rules in my opinion (but that is a topic for another time)
Brian Donegan said:
It should be noted that news broadcasts are exempt from the equal time rule.
And yes...there is a need for equal-time. Companies like Sinclair and News Corporation, who use their stations for pro-Republican propaganda, must be forced to give equal time to Democrats to respond to their attacks and allagations...and vice versa. It is in the public interest.
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Don62
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Those are the series' best years, the first 3-5 seasons, with the original cast. Notice how strong (and Emmy-winning) the writing was. Today's L&O scripts would be light ages away from receiving similar nominations.genius said:
Today's scripts are trite and too often "ripped from the headlines" and then fictionalized. The show is a shell of itself.
Yet TNT must think anyone interested in those great episodes (which originally aired during the early 1990s) is too old or not in the "right" demographic.
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