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Controversy Dominoes

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[Blind Gossip] It’s that time of year when new TV shows are being announced and others are being cancelled.

There’s something really interesting going on with two of the established shows, though.

This producer had multiple TV shows on the air.

One show may have created some controversy… but now TWO of his shows are being cancelled!

The cast of the second show is shocked by their cancellation. They didn’t see it coming.

That’s not all.

The network feels that the [controversy on the first show] got completely out of control. He couldn’t contain the rest of the cast and he did a poor job of crisis management. That’s why they are looking to cut ties with him by not picking up [his other show] for renewal.

So, while the producer may not have caused the controversy, he did a poor job of managing it.

One other thing. We noticed that when both of the now-cancelled series were starting, the hotshot producer’s name was always mentioned in the first sentence. They were his shows. Now his name seems to be left out of most articles, or simply mentioned in some inconsequential way.

Seems like the network is distancing themselves from him… and his publicists are now distancing him from his shows!

What a mess!

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[Optional] Is the network doing the right thing by cancelling two of his shows?

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  8. Lee Daniels, Empire and Star

    No, they are not. One idiot should put all those people out of work, nor should they be tiptoeing around the producer like it’s his fault. No one could have seen Smollet’s actions coming.

    • ^^Then maybe those people and Lee Daniels shouldn’t have supported the “one idiot” that caused all the trouble that put them out of work! They knew that the scum Smollett was guilty, but instead of admitting that he did it, and was wrong for doing so, they chose to stand behind Smollett and even defend him…..they are the ones that are the true idiots, and they got just what they deserve! I can’t wait until Jussie gets what he deserves also!

    • So true- don’t know why Taraji came out for him
      To me you ARE a RACIST if you support someone who wanted to create racial hate crime

      I will not watch one more thing with her in it- would be like supporting Polanski
      Hope Jussie was worth all their careers

  12. Lee Daniels
    Shows Empire and Star…
    Jussie Smollett did not pay the Chicago Police Department all the money used to investigate this fake crime…Lee Daniels should have fired him when the Police proved the men were not white and he paid them with a check…Also he would not give the Detective his cell phone….Now, all these honest hard working actors and actresses and crew are all out of work…Really sad because of one Nut Job Actor…..

  13. Producer: Lee Daniels

    TV Cancelled Shows: Star and Empire

    [Optional] Is the network doing the right thing by cancelling two of his shows? YES…BYE! Good Riddance

  22. Producer: Lee Daniels
    Cancelled shows:
    – Empire
    -Star
    Yes- the network is doing the right thing by canceling two of his shows, and should’ve canceled them both a long time ago. Lee Daniels has been extremely lucky.

  25. I would have picked Lee Daniels who produced Empire and Star. Star is being cancelled, but Empire is still ongoing, so I guess that’s not it. But other than that, Empire checked all the boxes about crisis management and controversy.

  26. Lee Daniels. “Empire” and “Star”. The messy “Empire” PR nightmare aside, don’t think either one was doing all that well rating-wise, not at all surprised.

  27. Lee Daniels
    Empire and probably Star.

    I don’t know, I gave up on watching Empire several seasons ago and I’ve never seen Star so I really have no idea.

  32. Lee Daniels

    Star and Empire

    Empire needed to go a few seasons ago! Star was always better and should have gone at least one more season. IMHO.

  34. Producer: Lee Daniels

    Cancelled Shows: Star, Empire

    I’m surprised Star was cancelled, especially since it ended on a massive cliffhanger, but I think Empire just couldn’t take the Jussie controversy and how it was handled.

  44. Lee Daniels
    Star and Empire
    I stopped watching Empire years ago and have no opinion in Star since I’ve never heard of the show before now.

  47. Lee Daniels, Star, Empire (after next season). Looks like people preferred Star over Empire so maybe it’ll get picked up by another station

  49. Lee Daniels

    ‘Star’ is one, don’t know the other one.

    That’s the way it is. Shows get cancelled all the time for all kinds of reasons. I watched ‘Star’ a couple of times and was not impressed at all.

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