NBC Cancels 'Book of Daniel'
Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006

Bowing to the power of the pocketbook, the failure to attract advertisers, NBC has decided to pull the plug on its controversial new show "The Book of Daniel.

"NBC didn't want to eat their economic losses, said Donald E. Wildmon, chairman of the American Family Association.

"Had NBC not had to eat millions of dollars each time it aired, NBC would have kept Daniel alive. But when the sponsors dropped the program, NBC decided it didn't want to continue the fight.

The prime-time soap opera featuring Aidan Quinn as a morally conflicted priest was virtually abandoned by advertisers, forcing the network to air promos instead. Story