TV-movie producers now arrive on a crime scene before the bodies depart. But NBC’s recent treatment of the Waco tragedy set a network speed record: the first shocku-drama about a horrific disaster filmed while the disaster was still unfolding. Critics groaned, but the film finished in Nielsen’s top 10.
Three months before its debut Steven Bochco’s ABC cop drama is already drawing broadsides for its raw language, nudity and blood-and-guts scenes. Both conservative watchdog groups and ABC affiliate managers are demanding that the show be toned down. It’s the one series guaranteed a red flag.
