SHOW BIZ GOSSIP

I received a personally athenticated email regarding my post about the CBS fine for the teen porn on the show Without a Trace. The person wants to remain anonymous but the person attended a pre production meeting after reading the script. The person felt that showing such graphic teen sex would blow up in everyone's face. At the meeting was Allison Abner (producer), Steve Beers, Ethan Smith (on phone from New York), and a few others known only by name to the emailer. The person was asked to leave the meeting after voicing an opinion. A typical business reaction to anyone who differs from the party line. The person emailing is known to me personally and is sufficiently talented to get plenty of other work, including work on the show. The point made is that everyone wanted to "stretch the envelope" and thought any controversy would help ratings and would only come from the "Red State assholes."