I recall working on the Tonight Show when Gary Coleman, Arnold, a porn star, and dozens of others were running for governor of California. Between standards and practices and state election officials, it was a nightmare for the show producers to try to avoid the obvious bias towards the Terminator.
On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 4:37 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gopher got let out of his Love Boat contract, but did they ban reruns? > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 11:35 AM Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Seems to me that there were actors in the past running for office who had >> to have their shows taken off where they were running. >> >> On Friday, November 17, 2023 at 1:04:43 PM UTC-6 M-D November wrote: >> >>> Outside of Dumpsterfire Jessica Trump, what other first-run examples are >>> there? >>> >>> On Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 11:34:50 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: >>> >>>> Cast member Hill Harper is running for the U.S. Senate in Michigan as a >>>> Democrat replacing the retiring Debbie Stabenow and Sony Pictures >>>> Television, the ABC medical drama's producer, is requesting the Federal >>>> Election Commission to rule on whether airing a program featuring >>>> appearances by an actor in a role running for political office in real >>>> life, whether on ABC, Hulu or syndication, is legal in the state of >>>> Michigan: >>>> >>>> https://www.fec.gov/files/legal/aos/2023-10/202310R_1.pdf >>>> >>>> Seems to me from past experience that the answer would be "no." >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/fe08c24f-f3a6-4fcc-9552-9bf1d4e4a093n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/fe08c24f-f3a6-4fcc-9552-9bf1d4e4a093n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKpod%2BdgX_iuHDvnNT%2BWBSKuJL1zj035WK7gxVwcFekpw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKpod%2BdgX_iuHDvnNT%2BWBSKuJL1zj035WK7gxVwcFekpw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Dqwmj1fRkCONCdp_-OZTm21ku5bw3VYXwQUgTHrfvWCw%40mail.gmail.com.