ABC Lands A Big Prize In ‘Living With Michael Jackson’

Cynthia Fuchs of PopMatters.com writes: “For once, ABC appeared to play its cards absolutely right. When word leaked that NBC was airing a special on Michael Jackson’s plastic surgeries, ‘Michael Jackson Unmasked’, for sweeps, the mousy network dug deep into its pockets. A winning bid of $5 million ensured the right to air Granada Television’s ‘Living with Michael Jackson’. And what a prize it was: assembled by British journalist Martin Bashir after a reported eight months spent with his subject, the documentary went beyond experts’ speculating on the nose and the chin. It boasted actual conversations with the King of Pop.” Read more.