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Controversy Dominoes

[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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Producer:

TV Cancelled Shows:

[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.

    • 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

  17. Lee Daniels. Star got cancelled and Empire is going to be over with season 6.

  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.

  30. Lee Daniels screwed big time handling that weasel Smollett. So Empire and now Star are canceled.

  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.

  37. Steve Harvey. His talk show in now starring Kelly Clarkson and Little hot Shots is now staring Melissa Mc Carthy.

  43. Producer: Lee Daniels

    TV Cancelled Shows: Empire (thanks in part to the ongoing Jussie controversy) and Star

  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.

  45. Producer: Lee Daniel’s

    TV Shows: Fox canceled Empire (after next season) and Star.

  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

  48. Producer: Lee Daniels
    TV shows: Empire and Star

    Optional: Empire ran its course can’t say anything about Star, never saw it

  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.

  55. Lee Daniels
    Empire and Star
    I think it’s a shame that one person’s idiotic decision could cost all of these people their jobs because they believed him. I also think that there may have been some posturing behind the scenes (i.e. if you don’t keep him, I’m leaving too).

  57. Producer: Lee Daniels

    Shows: Empire, Star

    Jussie wanted more pay, but ended up killing off two shows

  63. Lee Daniels
    Shows canceled: Star and Empire

    Absolutely doing the right thing. Lee and Smollett did an INCREDIBLE amount of harm to the gay community, the black community, and the Nigerian community. 2 innocent men could have been thrown in prison. This is NOT acceptable.

  65. Lee Daniels Empire and Star (end of series announced today). The cast should not have come out in support of Jussie. A good producer would have talked to talent and helped them to realize that by going to bat for Jussie they were shooting themselves in the foot. He clearly staged that thing and he became too big a liability. FOX can’t keep that guy on the air.

  66. Lee Daniels
    Empire and Star
    The 2nd show’s cast and crew shouldn’t have to suffer for something that happened with a cast member of the first show, especially if it’s a strong show. Personally, I’ve never watched either, but that doesn’t seem fair.

  67. “Danny Strong, come on down! You’re the next contestant on The Crisis ain’t Slight!”

    Cancelled shows: “Empire” and “Proven Innocent.”

    Optional: I don’t know if they are doing the right thing, just the financially driven thing to do to distance themselves from Smullet and his mess, although, ironically, Jussie has managed to screw so many people out of a job or a reputation, except himself.

  70. Empire and Star. No, it isn’t right. J
    If Jussie went, the rest of the cast should have been allowed to stay. Ridiculous.

  73. Producer: Lee Daniels
    Shows: Empire and Star
    They should have done the right thing and fired Smollet. He is an embarrassment and a smear on all legitimate victims of racism.

  76. Producer: Lee Daniels

    Shows: STAR and Empire. They should have let STAR wrap up.

  77. Producer: Lee Daniels
    Shows: Empire and Star
    Empire lost me after the 2nd season. If shows don’t have the viewership or can’t attract advertisers, it’s time to go.

  79. Lee Daniels. Star and Empire.
    Star cancellation was announced a few days ago; while empire was renewed and then came out it would be the last season.
    Never watched Star, but Empire was great in the first season, then the wrting went downhill.
    Regardless of Jussie, I think the sixth would have been the last season anyway, they just would have announced it later.

  81. Producer: Lee Daniels
    TV shows: Empire, Star
    I don’t blame him for the Empire controversy, and I wouldn’t know how to handle such a weird situation either! They shouldn’t punish him for it.

  86. Producer: Steve Harvey
    TV Cancelled Shows: Little Big Shot and his daytime show

  91. Producer: Lee Daniels
    Tv shows cancell: Empire, and Star

    Optional: Nope. Fox doesn’t have that many hit shows in tv to be able to do that. They already cancelled The Passage.

  92. Oh i thought for sure this has to be Lee Daniels,…
    But he only has 2 shows, not multiple….

    Dick Wolf nope he even gets more and i LOVE his shows,….. so someone enlighten me please i have no idea and i watch a lot of shows…hehe…

    Shondaland only loses “for the people”,…So i really don’t have an idea…..

  94. Lee Daniels
    Empire and Star

    [Optional] No opinion. I’m not interested in dramas about music biz, unless they’re about Broadway.

  97. Lee Daniels?

    Fox recently announcing that the TV series, Star, is cancelled & the 6th season of Empire, will be its last.

    (I guess he’s being punished for how he managed the controversy surrounding Jussie Smollett?)

  100. Lee Daniels, producer of Empire and Star on Fox. Empire was renewed, Star was cancelled. Smollett’s crap just keeps raining down on everyone.