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Originally Posted by punky
The trouble is with that though, is not only has the series cost them $26m in advance, and it would leave a sizable hole in the TV shedule, but advertises have probably sign contracts and obligations with the series. To just can the series would cost the $26m, plus what it takes to break their advertising agreements, plus the cost of some replacement, plus all profits based on that series, including DVDs etc. I doubt the victim's family would pay it, and I am sure their insurance company wouldn't. That is a real big loss, even for a network TV company to swallow, on something to keep a few people (less than 10 I guess?) happy.
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True, it probably isn't feasable to drop the whole series, but they could have re-edited it (if the family wanted) to not include the contestant (the producer did give the excuse that to re-edit the program would have stopped it being true reality TV, but they did that by editing it initially).