Order Restored To The Booking Universe

“Can a good deed still be good if it hasn’t received the imprimatur of TV news?,” Variety’s Michael Learmonth wonders (regreq). After all, “three of last week’s best potential ‘gets’ initially refused to be gotten.” The two men who rescued Brennan Hawkins initially refused to be interviewed.

“Their absence turned the week’s most uplifting story into a case of truly bad TV as the assembled press mob had little choice but to let the cameras roll as Brennan’s parents rambled on about God’s role in his rescue,” Learmonth says. “Fortunately, the two rescuers came to their senses, a testament perhaps to bookers not accustomed to taking ‘No’ for an answer. Both turned up on the morning show circuit the next day, to tell their stories on ‘Today’ and ‘Good Morning America.’ And order was restored.”