CBS rescheduled two television episodes of its original series Supergirl and NCIS Los Angeles out of sensitivities to last week’s deadly attack in Paris, the network said on Sunday. Supergirl, the A.V. Club reports, would have featured “the eponymous hero racing around her city to stop a series of bombing”. Now, the network will air the December 7 episode about a missing woman connected to Sam Hanna. Instead, the Thanksgiving episode “Livewire” will air instead. “LA”, meanwhile, had a scheduled episode looking at recruitment methods used by the terror group Islamic State, which has claimed responsibility for the Paris violence on Friday.
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The Friday, November 13 attacks in Paris are much more important than TV and film schedules, but they have prompted responses and changes from Hollywood’s usual MO.
TNT also postponed “Legends'” Monday episode which features Sean Bean’s character Martin, investigating a protest that may possibly turn to chaos in the hands of a radical. The show was originally set to air on August 26, but the network pushed it back a week after on September 2.
Legends joins CBS’ Supergirl and NCIS: LA on the list of programs altering their initial plans for Monday night.
Los Angeles, the network has made a decision to air “The Long Goodbye” instead of an episode about a young girl who is recruited by a terrorist organization.
New episodes will fill the void.
CBS has announced it will not air planned episodes of “Supergirl” and “NCIS: LA” on Monday out of respect for the events in Paris. The controversial scene, which caused the episode to be moved, was when James Plouffe’s (Richard Bekins), E Corp’s EVP of technology commits suicide on live TV by shooting himself in the head.
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The shock from the Paris attacks was felt all over the entertainment industry. As the tragedy unfolded, NBC canceled that evening’s live broadcast of its sitcom Undateable. “We thank you for your understanding”.
