FOX cancelled the OJ show ... WHY?

Question

I wanted to see it and now they have cancelled it? OMG.

And it's not "sick and twisted" to want to watch it. I wanted to see what he had to say, and if they did air it, it would have been even worst for OJ with the response after it aired.

Answer 1

HI, Thank Goodness Fox came to their senses and cancelled the show. It is too bad they didn't realize how tasteless it was before they started this project. I am still protesting the selling of the book and I won't quit until I know that there is not one of the books on a shelf anywhere. Why must we have to endure anymore of OJ's narcissistic behavior? Has anyone put any thought into what this must be doing emotionally to Nicole and Ron's families, not to mention what it is doing to his children. I feel like OJ, besides killing Ron and Nicole, has raped the justice system and now he is raping the public. Shame on Fox TV for airing such a show. Shame on book publishers for publishing such trash, and shame on the American public for watching this show or buying this book. I can't believe how low some people will stoop for a dollar. Let's put OJ where he belongs, into obscurity, which for a narcissist is worse than prison, and ban the book and TV show. Kim Goldman(Ron's sister) has a website you can go to and sign a petition that will be given to officials at Fox and Harper-Collins Publishers to urge them to not air the show or sell the book. The website is: http://dontpayoj.com

Answer 2

As a man found innocent by a jury, OJ has rights under Freedom of Speech Law and has done nothing to require censorship. He was thoroughly investigated, tried in court and had the evidence evaluated by a jury who found him "not guilty" of this crime. He has always maintained his innocence of this deed and he wrote a theoretical book (which does not contain a confession). Money not narcissism was probably the motivation in writing the book as there is a civil suit debt and a need to provide an inheritance for his children etc. The trial attorney's Cochran, Marcia and Darden wrote their own books and received millions.
A few things that the jury may have considered:
-The investigator who found the glove later committed PERJURY regarding his extreme racist comments.
- Another investigator took a vial sample of OJ's blood from the lab and carried it INTO the crime scene.
- The glove DID NOT fit OJ's hand (wrong size).
- There never was the amount of blood on OJ's body, clothes, house or car CONSISTENT with someone who had committed that crime in person..
- The murder weapon was NEVER connected to him or found.
- The jury was taken to visit OJ's house and DID NOT see a large blood trail.
- There were no witnesses to the actual crime.
- Likely the jury found him innocent because there was a LACK of real evidence to convict.
Some may disagree with the verdict but it's unfair for them to blatantly say with a certainty that this man is guilty.
At times a publisher controls the general content and even the title of a book which an author must agree to if he needs the contract.

Answer 3

Because it's all about the ratings, period. First they were going to air it because they thought it would give them those big time ratings that are so well sought after in November. When the Brown & Goldman families voiced their utter disgust (so well, I might add), all the OTHER stations jumped on the bandwagon (to get more ratings of course), by slamming FOX and their "obvious bad judgement" to air this self-serving crud. FOX had no choice but to yank it, because although the viewing audience would have been large, the NON-viewing audience would have been MUCH larger and would therefore have cost them future viewers, credibility and the almighty dollar. The other self-righteous stations are all silently thankful that they didn't publicly display their own stupidity.

Answer 4

Well it was probably cancelled because of fox thinking that it was sick and twisted. I wouldnt have mind watching it either but than again it was probably best they cancelled cause it might have just over blown with a lot of critics. Sorry fox did what they did.

Answer 5

Many people were offended by the idea of this show. Can what he has to say be so interesting that he will hypthothesize on the murder of the mother of his own children? On how he would have murdered his own wife? What must they think of this? I think the total disregard for the families of the victims is tasteless. If Fox would have aired this I think they would have ended up regretting it. I guess all you can do is support his disgusting cause and buy the book.

Answer 6

Maybe they will sell it to people who want to see it. Pressure of the media and the public was too much to bear.

Call them and ask to buy a copy and explain that some of the public was interested.

Answer 7

Airing it would have put them on the same footing as CBS or ABC. I think they realized the ratings weren't worth the firestorm and common sense prevailed.

Answer 8

There are some things more important than money. They wised up when they realized the public thought it was in bad taste. It was the decent thing to do.

Answer 9

It's not fair to the families of the victims to keep him in the public eye and to treat him like anything less than a cold blooded murderer/ I wouldn't waste my time listening to him or looking at his ugly face.

Answer 10

I don't understand why anyone would have wanted to see that. Its pretty twisted and sick.