All the dittoheads are in an uproar about The Reagans miniseries, and are cheering now that CBS has decided not to run it. But I don’t get it. CBS sold it to Showtime, who will run it. What’s the difference? (a) CBS runs it, and gets advertising revenue. People see it. or (b) CBS sells it to Showtime, and gets the fee paid by Showtime; and Showtime runs it.
In both cases, CBS produced it, and is causing it to be aired and making a profit off of it. What’s the difference whether the profit is from advertisers, or from Showtime? I don’t get why selling the series to Showtime gets CBS off the hook with the dittoheads. Oh well, I guess the mind of the boycotter is not always clear.
12:07 pm on November 5, 2003
