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CBS repurpose plan irks PTC


December 06, 2007 Conservative watch group Parents Television Council on Wednesday denounced CBS' plan to repurpose "Dexter" and other scripted series from corporate sibling Showtime. With the networks running out of original scripted programming because of the writers strike, CBS Corp. president and CEO Leslie Moonves said during an investor conference Tuesday that the network plans to air edited versions of some Showtime series, including the racy hit serial killer drama "Dexter" (HR 12/5). Such toned-down incarnations of HBO's "The Sopranos" and "Sex and the City" run on A&E and TBS, respectively, but the scrutiny on broadcast TV is usually much tighter.

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