Controversy over NBC’s ‘The Book of Daniel’ led 3 more affiliates...
Controversy over NBC’s “The Book of Daniel” led 3 more affiliates to decide against carrying it, according to our tally, derived from comments by a group promoting “traditional family values” and the network. The American Family Assn. (AFA) has…
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said Nexstar’s WTWO Terre Haute, Ind., was the first station to boycott the program, whose characters include a drug-using Episcopal priest (CD Jan 5 p7). KARK-TV Little Rock followed, said AFA. Emmis’ KSNW reversed its decision not to carry the show, said a company spokeswoman. “The station heard from many Wichita viewers that want the chance to view the show and make the decision for themselves, and we are offering them that opportunity,” she said. KBTV Port Arthur-Beaumont, Tex., and WGBC Meridian, Miss., decided to drop the show, said an NBC spokesman. A WB affiliate, KWBF, will carry the program -- scheduled to premiere during primetime Jan. 6 - - in Little Rock, said the official. Several of the stations’ gen. mgrs. didn’t return our calls. AFA said NBC has received more than 600,000 e-mails opposing the show; the spokesman said he believed that figure was overstated, but lacked an exact count.