'Wild Palms' Has ABC Just a Little Edgy: Six-Part Oliver Stone Series Should Do Well, But Is Causing Anxious Moments

NEW YORK – The six-hour ‘event series’ Wild Palms is causing sweaty palms over…Said a buyer, ‘There’s kind of a tone in the salespeople’s voices that gives you the feeling they’re not in great shape. They say, ‘Why is the programming department doing this?’ ‘ Laughed another buyer, ‘Six hours of Oliver Stone? If I don’t buy it, they’ll say it’s a conspiracy.’Despite the show’s rep as cutting edge, buyers who’ve screened it say there aren’t really many content problems for advertisers.