Gold9472
06-29-2005, 07:08 PM
NBC pulls plug on 9/11 miniseries
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/printedition/stories/ny-h4323807jun29,0,210703,print.story?coll=ny-news-print
VERNE GAY
June 29, 2005
There will be no NBC 9/11 miniseries. The network yesterday officially pulled the plug on what promised to be entertainment TV's most important - and ambitious - look at events leading up to the attacks.
Network officials declined comment yesterday, but did not dispute a Variety story that reported the cancellation and speculated the expensive ($20 million) eight-hour mini was a casualty of NBC's showing in a recently concluded advertising sales marketplace, known as the "upfront."
Announced last October, NBC had secured the services of writer Graham Yost to condense "The 9/11 Commission Report" into a sweeping mini.
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/printedition/stories/ny-h4323807jun29,0,210703,print.story?coll=ny-news-print
VERNE GAY
June 29, 2005
There will be no NBC 9/11 miniseries. The network yesterday officially pulled the plug on what promised to be entertainment TV's most important - and ambitious - look at events leading up to the attacks.
Network officials declined comment yesterday, but did not dispute a Variety story that reported the cancellation and speculated the expensive ($20 million) eight-hour mini was a casualty of NBC's showing in a recently concluded advertising sales marketplace, known as the "upfront."
Announced last October, NBC had secured the services of writer Graham Yost to condense "The 9/11 Commission Report" into a sweeping mini.