UNIR1™ News reports- Mainstream media has announced that the massive amounts of debates over the Confederate Flag have effected the entertainment industry.
Nearly a week after Warner Bros. announced it would no longer sanction the manufacturing of "Dukes of Hazzard" merchandise featuring the flag, TV Land announced it's pulling reruns of the 1980s’ TV series featuring John Schneider and Tom Wopat as Bo and Luke Duke in fictional Hazzard County, Georgia.
In a statement to mainstream sources,
"the network confirmed Wednesday that the show had been "removed" from its schedule, while declining to comment further."TV Land's decision comes amid a growing national debate over the use of the Confederate flag, which was painted on the roof of The General Lee, the orange Dodge Charger driven by the Duke boys.
One of the show's stars, Ben Jones, who played Cooter Davenport, has come out in support of the flag.
"That flag on top of The General Lee made a statement that the values of the rural south were the values of courage and family and good times,"
Earlier this week, actress Aunjanue Ellis, known for her work in "Ray," "The Help," and "NCIS LA," announced that she had created a coalition to ban production in her home state of Mississippi until the confederate flag emblem is removed from the state's flag. Calling the state flag "a blatant symbol of oppression and inequality," Ellis also announced at a press conference that she was moving her film company, Miss Myrtis Films, to Louisiana until the flag has been changed.
Mainstream News Source: TV Land Pulls 'Dukes of Hazzard' Reruns - ABC News
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