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we learned in the great debate over the Ronald Reagan TV miniseries is that many conservatives, including the chairman of the Republican National Committee, think you're stupid. Yes, you. And you. And everybody out there in TV Land. They think you can't tell the difference between James Brolin, who played Republican presidential candidate Robert Ritchie on "The West Wing," and Ronald Reagan, who was president of the United States for eight years. They believe you can't figure out that a mini- series starring the Australian actress Judy Davis as Nancy is not a documentary, but a "docudrama." Before CBS announced...

<p>Only two days after CBS celebrated its 75th anniversary last Sunday with a slick retrospective, the Tiffany Network had to beat a humiliating retreat. Yesterday it announced that it would move a four-hour biographical movie on Ronald and Nancy Reagan that it had planned to air on Nov. 16 to Showtime, its pay-cable sister network. Advertisers had fled the project as evidence mounted that its politicized producers had done a historical hit-and-run.</p>

<p>Throughout his career, Ronald Reagan was always dismissed by elite opinion as a "Grade B movie actor" who had trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality. Now that same accusation has been lodged against the CBS mini-series "The Reagans." In response to complaints that this TV portrait of the Gipper is based on words his family and associates say he never uttered, CBS announced yesterday the network wouldn't be airing the series after all.</p>

Do you think CBS was correct to pull "The Reagans"?* 20535 responses Yes 49% No 51% Survey results tallied every 60 seconds. Live Votes reflect respondents' views and are not scientifically valid surveys.           ‘We believe it does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience.’ — CBS statement    

(CBS) Mounting pressure and criticism from conservatives has prompted CBS to dump "The Reagans," the network's prime-time miniseries on former President Ronald Reagan. CBS said in a statement it had decided to move the production to cable TV's Showtime network after concluding that the miniseries "does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience. Subsequent edits that we considered did not address those concerns." CBS and Showtime are both owned by Viacom. "The Reagans" had been scheduled to air on Nov. 16 and 18. November is a ratings sweeps month of special importance to TV...

Nov. 4 — CBS decided to pull its miniseries, “The Reagans,” and the move was not made after much hand-wringing or pacing back and forth by network executives. It was done calmly, with a calculator. Nowadays, that’s how all decisions are made in television.< snip >This may not be the first blow to freedom triggered by media consolidation, but it certainly stands as the latest example with the highest profile. Viacom owns CBS, and stockholders have a say now in creative content, however indirectly it may seem. It doesn’t matter if the backlash emanates from the liberal or conservative fringe....

"The Reagans" are headed to Showtime, while the CBS execs responsible for the controversial miniseries might be headed for the woodshed. As expected, the premium cable network Tuesday officially picked up the telefilm, which featured James Brolin as President Reagan, one day after CBS pulled the project from its planned Nov. 16 debut. "The Reagans" has been blasted by numerous critics who complained that leaked versions of the script put forth an inflammatory and biased portrayal of the 40th president and former first lady Nancy Reagan. While the network's decision was widely viewed as an attempt to placate conservative pressure...

<p>November 5, 2003 -- IT WAS one of the funniest tapes I had ever received from a TV network.</p> <p>It was a special promo reel sent over early last month for "The Reagans," a miniseries about Ronald and Nancy Reagan - the very same miniseries that became so embroiled in controversy that CBS finally dumped it yesterday.</p>

<p>November 5, 2003 -- CBS has decided not to broadcast its controversial miniseries "The Reagans," instead passing the show on to its cable channel Showtime after complaints from Republicans, members of the Reagan family and Hollywood friends of the former president like Merv Griffin.</p>

I am deeply disappointed that CBS, the network that in 1964 gave me complete artistic control in creating television specials, now caved in to right wing Republican pressure to cancel the network broadcast of the movie The Reagans. (And I say MOVIE - because this is NOT a documentary - it's a television drama.) The movie will now be aired on Showtime, where the difference in viewership is in the millions. One can only imagine the kind of pressure that would compel CBS to take such an extraordinary action. This was an organized Republican spin machine at work. Remember the...

A Sad Day for Artistic Freedom ...Barbra StreisandI am deeply disappointed that CBS, the network that in 1964 gave me complete artistic control in creating television specials, now caved in to right wing Republican pressure to cancel the network broadcast of the movie The Reagans. (And I say MOVIE - because this is NOT a documentary - it's a television drama.) The movie will now be aired on Showtime, where the difference in viewership is in the millions. One can only imagine the kind of pressure that would compel CBS to take such an extraordinary action. This was an organized...

Loaded question - but - SOUND OFF--Did CBS give in to right-wing pressure when it cancelled its miniseries on Ronald and Nancy Reagan? Scroll down page to "Sound Off".

I am deeply disappointed that CBS, the network that in 1964 gave me complete artistic control in creating television specials, now caved in to right wing Republican pressure to cancel the network broadcast of the movie The Reagans. (And I say MOVIE - because this is NOT a documentary - it's a television drama.) The movie will now be aired on Showtime, where the difference in viewership is in the millions. One can only imagine the kind of pressure that would compel CBS to take such an extraordinary action. This was an organized Republican spin machine at work. Remember the...

<p>CBS's problems are bigger than "Reagan."</p> <p>Only two days after CBS celebrated its 75th anniversary last Sunday with a slick retrospective, the Tiffany Network had to beat a humiliating retreat. Yesterday it announced that it would move a four-hour biographical movie on Ronald and Nancy Reagan that it had planned to air on Nov. 16 to Showtime, its pay-cable sister network. Advertisers had fled the project as evidence mounted that its politicized producers had done a historical hit-and-run.</p>

(CNSNews.com) - A conservative media critic Tuesday called CBS's cancellation of the miniseries about former President Ronald Reagan "an amazing development" designed to obscure the reality that the movie was "a stinker." Democrats and liberals also decried the network's cancellation, with one website declaring a "Right-Wing Jihad Makes CBS Quiver." Michael Medved, author of the book Hollywood vs. America and a nationally syndicated radio talk show host, said CBS and its parent company Viacom were caught off guard by the overwhelming response by conservative critics, government officials, talk show hosts, special interest groups and other Reagan supporters. "They were probably...

Trashing Reagan Posted: November 5, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com CBS is backpedaling as fast as it can on its Ronald and Nancy Reagan movie. The executives who commissioned the piece must have been thinking that the 15 years since the Gipper left the White House would be enough time for the public to forget its deep affection for the man who more than any other American brought down the Iron Curtain. CBS was wrong. The vast majority of Americans still honor Reagan and deeply resent even the idea of an attempted smear upon his good name. Even though the film...

<p>Yesterday, CBS announced that it would not broadcast a grossly inaccurate miniseries on the life and presidency of Ronald Reagan. The decision may ameliorate the harm to CBS' reputation, but the network's choice not to spike the series entirely, but simply to send it to Showtime, demonstrates the ethical rot that persists in the grand old network.</p>

<p>How heartless can you get? How low can you sink? If you are a Hollywood liberal, you may sink low enough to attack a 92-year-old man in the late stages of Alzheimer's disease, and even make fun of the devoted wife who is nursing him through his final years. This is surely one of the greatest tragic ordeals that life can inflict on two human beings.</p>

<p>CBS will not broadcast a miniseries about the legacy of former President Ronald Reagan, conceding yesterday that the production "does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans."</p> <p>But the project is still alive and kicking. In a deft scheduling maneuver, CBS will now air the "The Reagans" on cable channel Showtime, owned by Viacom, the parent company to both networks.</p>

Craven Broadcasting SystemTV big shots and politicians blast CBS for its cowardly decision to yank the Ronald Reagan miniseries. - - - - - - - - - - - -By Rebecca TraisterNov. 5, 2003  |  Anyone looking for signs of a return of 1980s-era culture wars probably couldn't dream up a better one. At the center of it -- again -- are the Reagans. Only this time, it's "The Reagans," a fictionalized biographical miniseries that was set to air on Nov. 16 and 18, but was dumped by CBS on Tuesday after heated political pressure from the right....