Reelz Will Air Miss USA After NBC Dropped It

Cable channel rescues Donald Trump's July 12 pageant

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You're going to be hearing a lot about Reelz today, probably for the first time in four years.  

That's because the independent cable channel has landed rights to televise the 2015 Miss USA Pageant July 12 at 8 p.m, after NBC dropped plans to air it earlier this week. NBC severed business ties with Donald Trump on Monday, including the beauty pageant it produced with him, in response to his derogatory comments about Mexicans during his June 16 Presidential campaign announcement.

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