O.J. on his own terms: in wake of NBC cancellation, Simpson wants TV time to tell story, but with conditions.

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 1995 by McClellan, Steve

In wake of NBC cancellation, Simpson wants TV time to tell story, but with conditions O.J. Simpson had his day in court and now he wants it his way on television--an interview with ground rules. No takers yet, but the Simpson team is shopping around an interview with preset conditions, thought to exclude the questions most viewers want answered, including events surrounding the night of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Court TV confirmed that representatives of Simpson approached the network last Wednesday (Oct. 11)--the same day Simpson pulled out of an NBC interview scheduled to air that night--about doing an interview with restrictions on the cable channel. Court TV, which reaches approximately 22 million cable households, covered...

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