Arnold's Films Likely to Be Kept Off Air

By GARY GENTILE
The Associated Press
Tuesday, August 12, 2003; 6:53 PM

Arnold's Films Likely to Be Kept Off Air


LOS ANGELES - Arnold Schwarzenegger's foray into California's gubernatorial recall election poses a dilemma for broadcasters who might be tempted to show his films during the race: Doing so would allow rival candidates to demand equal time.

For that reason, broadcasters in California will likely not air Schwarzenegger movies such as "Total Recall" and the "Terminator" or a repeat of a "Diff'rent Strokes" episode with Gary Coleman for the next few months.

Cable channels are not covered by the Federal Communications Commission's equal-time provision, which in the past kept reruns of "Death Valley Days" off the air while Ronald Reagan ran for president. A repeat of a "Saturday Night Live" episode featuring Don Novello, aka Father Guido Sarducci, on cable, for instance, would not trigger the provision.

Novello, Schwarzenegger, Coleman and more than 240 other candidates have filed to run in the Oct. 7 election to recall Gov. Gray Davis. The equal-time rule kicks in on Wednesday, when the state is expected to officially certify the list of candidates.

and Eraser was on last night

and Terminator was on the night before

It will go on until it's over.

equal time. He could make them air some of his old home movies!

What about this weekend when it was "all Arnie, all the time"? Every time I turned around there was one of his movies on.

but I actually like the Conan movies in a sort of "yes I can stoop this low for entertainment" way.

I liked Valeria, his wife,as a role model because I really wanted to carry a sword and be dangerous.

joint. I don't know but that just might have won him cali.

why is so much being made of this man , he has everything in life he would ever need , and what is he doing running for a office he knows nothing about and would'nt even care about doing it , if he was elected , i bet they have promissed him he would have to do nothing but show up for a photo op once and a while and then go have a ball , this world is getting so messed up with gov. , i'm begeining to hate them all , why do they not think about the shape this country is in and take a look at our wallets and see for themselfs this mess they are making is hurting people

Who pulls the levers and tells the lies?

"why is so much being made of this man"

according to an A&E commercial I saw today.

on either USA or TNN (Spike Lee TV)

replay of Predator, I think

n/t

Most "Hollywood" insiders would agree with you.