Many ABC Affiliates, Fearing Backlash, Shun 'Ryan'
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Nearly a third of ABC's TV  affiliates, citing concerns over profanity, graphic violence  and a government crackdown on indecency, refused to show the  network's Veterans Day broadcast of the war film "Saving  Private Ryan."
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More than 20 American TV stations last night boycotted a Veterans Day screening of war picture Saving Private Ryan because of fears that they would be censured by a newly aggressive television regulator over the movie&#39;s violence and graphic language.
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TV stations across the US drop a screening of Saving Private Ryan over fears they could be fined.
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ABC apologized yesterday for a steamy intro to &quot;Monday Night Football&quot; after receiving complaints from viewers and the NFL.
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Sixty-six ABC affiliates, covering nearly one-third of the country, ultimately decided not to air the movie &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; on Veterans Day due to skittishness over whether the Federal Communications Commission would deem it indecent.
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No, I&#39;m not referring to the uproar over ABC&#39;s &quot;Desperate Housewives&quot; promo that included Owens and aired before Monday Night Football this week.
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A day-and-night bombardment of negative television ads has turned many voters off from the especially nasty campaign to replace Sen. Don Nickles, an Oklahoma Republican retiring after 24 years.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- About 50 people gathered outside of local ABC affiliate WSYX Monday to protest the airing of a film critical of John Kerry.
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ABC faced growing pressure Friday about its planned miniseries on the buildup to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Former Clinton administration officials, historians and a Democratic petition with nearly 200,000 signatures urged the network to scrap the five-hour drama.
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After complaints from viewers, ABC television and the NFL apologized yesterday for a racy opening to &quot;Monday Night Football&quot; that featured &quot;Desperate Housewives&quot; star
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ABC suits scrambled Wednesday to try to contain the mutiny among stations that refuse to air Thursday nightâs broadcast of the unedited âSaving Private Ryan,â citing indecency concerns.
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Millions of television viewers Thursday watched Saving Private Ryan, which ABC aired in celebration of Veterans Day. If you live in the Phoenix area, you weren&#39;t one of them.
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At least one Fox Broadcasting Co. affiliate has balked at airing Monday night's 90-minute special "Who's Your Daddy," which has raised the ire of adoption advocacy groups for a premise that revolves around an adopted woman trying to pick her biological father from a group of eight candidates.
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Under the heading &quot;strange bedfellows,&quot; a staunch critic of the networks yesterday came to the defense of ABC, whose airing of last night&#39;s &quot;Saving Private Ryan&quot; was boycotted by a handful of affiliates.
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When TV news organizations start repositioning themselves to pander to "moral values" voters, it's a problem for everyone.
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That steamy locker room opening to ABC&#39;s &quot;Monday Night Football&quot; continued to draw reaction Wednesday, most of it negative.
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ABC News invited Ron Paul to a New Hampshire debate on Saturday. Bloggers and online activists are irked because Fox News excluded Paul from one a day later.