In the 1990s, ABC faced a revolt from conservative affiliates, and a young executive named Bob Iger stood up to them — and won.
What a difference 30 years, wholesale media consolidation and threats from a thin-skinned president with no regard for the First Amendment make.
As the president of ABC Entertainment and subsequently the ABC Broadcast Group in the ’90s, Iger scheduled “NYPD Blue,” whose boundary-pushing content prompted a revolt by 57 ABC stations that initially refused to air it; and “Ellen,” which generated controversy over star Ellen DeGeneres coming out as a lesbian, both personally and as part of the show on its famous “The Puppy Episode.” One station, in Alabama,…
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