Moonves knocked by showtime exec.(Programming)(CBS president Leslie Moonves criticized by Robert Greenblatt for not understanding content of television program 'The Reagans')(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 2003 by Romano, Allison

Defending the controversial TV movie The Reagans, which Showtime inherited from Viacom sister CBS, the pay service's Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt last week started another mini-brouhaha when he chided CBS chief Leslie Moonves for not knowing what was in the movie.

"[Moonves] is the chairman of CBS. The scripts, the casting, every single day of dailies was available to him," Greenblatt said, "and he, in fact, commissioned [The Reagans] and paid for it."

"If he didn't know what movie he was getting, that's not the fault of the producers, the director of anyone associated with this film," Greenblatt told reporters on a conference call. He was joined by The Reagans producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan and director Robert Ackerman, who...

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