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Tyrone_Slothrop
I agree that the parallel is generally not quite right. I was only responding to sgtclub's specific suggestion that somehow the boycott was OK because there was a critical mass of boycotters, but that it would have been wrong if the number of boycotters is smaller. The parallel to hecklers illustrates why that's a poor argument.
CBS is no doubt doing what's best for its shareholders. But that does not change the fact that people who would have watched the miniseries now will not be able to see it because the boycotters disagreed with it.
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On a more Macro level, Viacom is doing a win-win for its shareholders by (1) moving this idiocy from its CBS label, which, but for its CSI, Survivor and Big Brother franchises, has a older, conservative, mid-America viewing constituency [remember - this is the network of 60 Minutes, Dr. Quinn and Saved by a Angel] and would have gotten killed by negative viewer responses and losses in advertising revenue, and (2) further making its Showtime network stand out from HBO because of its "edgier" original programming, like Queer as Folk, Dead Like Me, etc. and where they can openly brag about it being shown "uncut" - with the Ronnie curses and all.
As a matter of fact, I'm guessing Redstone is loving all this crap.
s4(um...he still is the head of Viacom, right?)e
