Wednesday, March 7, 2012

'All-American Muslim' propaganda show canceled amid sagging ratings

That's a heartbreak.
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A ground-breaking reality TV show about Arab Americans is being canceled after one season in the face of flagging ratings, cast members and the cable channel behind the program said Wednesday.

TLC's "All-American Muslim," the first series of its kind on US television, followed the lives of five families of Lebanese heritage in a middle-class Detroit suburb -- stirring some controversy along the way.

"It was not renewed for a second season," a spokeswoman for TLC, owned by Discovery Communications, told AFP by email, as cast members blamed the cancelation on a slump in viewership.

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