BY JEFF DICKERSON
Daily TV/New Media Editor
Published September 13, 2001
The entertainment world has responded to the horrific acts on Tuesday by delaying the 2001 Emmy awards as well as the new fall season.
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The TV world suffered the untimely death of David Angell, executive producer of the show "Frasier" and passenger of one of the two planes to collide into the World Trade Center. The FOX reality program "Murder In Small Town X" winner Angel Juarbe is among the hundreds of missing people in the rubble of lower Manhattan. The reality show contestant was a firefighter and among the first to arrive on scene.
NBC was first to announce the postponement of the season premieres of their returning shows as well as the debuts of their new programs such as "Emeril" and "Crossing Jordan."
CBS, ABC and the WB reacted shortly after, announcing their schedules would also be pushed back a week.
CBS is replacing the debut episode of their new drama "The Agency," which featured a terrorist bombing in London. The series centers around a group of CIA agents and happens to be the first television program to be allowed to film within CIA headquarters. The episode also briefly mentions Osama bin Laden, the terrorist suspected in this week"s attack.
Perhaps the biggest news of all came from the football empire where both the NFL and NCAA announced the postponement of all football games this Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The NFL has yet to decide whether or not to schedule another week or to simply have a 15 game season.
Hollywood is also forced to remove possible offensive material relating to the largest terrorist incident on American soil. The latest Arnold Schwarzenegger film "Collateral Damage" was scheduled to open on October 5, but has been delayed indefinitely. The film includes a scene of a terrorist bombing and as a result Warner Bros has removed all advertising as well. "Spiderman," one of the potential blockbusters of 2002, has seen its trailer been removed from theaters because of the dominate image of a helicopter trapped in a web between the two towers of the World Trade Center.
Many other changes in the entertainment industry can be expected in the next few days as the news continues to envelop all of our interests.
