Television and advertising executives are still wrestling with the question of how TV audiences might respond to their planned programs following the Sept. 11 attacks.
“Any programming that even remotely relates to what happened [on September 11 has us] asking ourselves, ‘Is this appropriate?'” USA Television Productions president David Kissinger told TV Guide.
Kissinger, son of the former secretary of state, may be particularly tactful when it comes to television diplomacy. “We were developing a series about a New York mayor and police corruption and aren’t going forward because we don’t think anybody is in the mood to see corrupt New York City cops,” he said.
But Lynn Koerner of media buyers Initiative Media suggested, “Maybe there will be an even bigger audience for some of the espionage shows than there was before.”
And today’s Wall Street Journal quoted veteran producer Jerry Weintraub as saying that Hollywood is reacting with “paranoia” to last month’s attacks.
