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Showtime Moves Comey Miniseries to Before Presidential Election Following Cast and Producer Backlash
Will Thorne Staff WriterShowtime has officially moved the premiere date for its miniseries about former FBI Director James Comey and his tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump to prior to the presidential election.The move comes after backlash from the cast and crew, expressed in a letter written by series writer and director Billy Ray. In the letter, Ray said he was told that the decision to air the two episodes after the election was “made at the very highest levels of Viacom.”“We all were hoping to get this story in front of the American people months before the coming election.