Inside Story Cancelled After GE Finances End
General Electric halted funding for PBS Inside Story forcing the series to cancel its upcoming season. Executive producer Ned Schnurman seeks new sponsors by Labor Day and weighs alternatives such as public radio or cable, while host Hodding Carter III may be replaced by Edwin Newman if new arrangements fail.
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Inside Story TV planning a radio version and cast changes
TV news reports PBS series Inside Story may spin off as a radio program for NPR or join All Things Considered while plans to resume TV later. Final season episode airs Oct 4 and a Soviet relations special is planned. Meanwhile Dirk Benedict writes a memoir, Tim Busfield joins Trapper John, M.D. with 1985 departure hints, and a Star Wars defense special airs Sept 8.
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The schedule lists multiple classic films across networks from 8 PM to midnight featuring stars such as Edward G Robinson, Meryl Streep, Ted Wass, and Tom Cruise. It includes plot hooks like racketeers exposed, a dad’s stay-at-home comedy, a psychiatrist mystery, and a safari through 1980s action dramas.
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