‘Spitting Image’ Producer Says NBC Backed Out Of Series Because Of “Too Much Nervousness”
Jake Kanter International TV EditorJon Thoday, the executive producer of rebooted Brit comedy Spitting Image, has revealed that NBC pulled out of the show just weeks before its premiere because of “nervousness” around its satirical content.Deadline revealed over the weekend that the puppet show would premiere on Facebook in the U.S. after Avalon was unable to secure a broadcast partner.Avalon founder Thoday told the Times of London that NBC was on-board right up until six weeks before launch, when executives at the network backed out amid “too much nervousness.”“It’s basically quite a difficult show to do in the environment that exists, particularly if you’re attacking tall poppies.