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Where one goes, others will undoubtedly follow. After CBS's Promised Land (which cited
being set in Colorado as the biggest factor, by the way) decided to cancel their own episode that dealt with
high school violence, the WB has chimed in and decided to grab some timely PR for their own show.
Although we are not trying to criticize the WB's decision, how about taking a different approach? As some television shows have demonstrated in the past, there is no better time to denounce violence than right now. Why not ask the star of your show to cut a strongly worded public service announcement to air at the end of the program?
Unless, as we have eluded to in previous articles, these networks plan to air the episodes during sweeps, in a back door attempt to capitalize on a tragedy (in which case they will burn in eternal hell).
We have our money on these episodes showing up in May. With or without the PSA.
The long-scheduled Tuesday episode had Buffy reading the minds of her fellow students. At one point, she zeroes in on someone who is contemplating killing all the other students in the school.
While no actual murder occurs in the episode, WB programming executives felt the subject
of the story, especially considering Buffy's huge appeal to young viewers, was inappropriate
for the at the current time.
The network will air a repeat instead. "It's out of respect, given the tragic events in Colorado,"
said a WB spokeswoman, explaining the shift. The episode will air later this season, she said.
No new air date for the episode has been set.
