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    Conn. town officials ask ABC show to change scene

    GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Officials in a well-to-do Connecticut town have asked an ABC hidden-camera show to change a scene being shot there.

    The Greenwich (GREN'-ich) Time newspaper (http://bit.ly/qUQu3J) reports Greenwich officials called the filming of "What Would You Do?" disruptive and asked the crew to choose another location. The show sets up morally difficult situations and secretly films people's reactions.

    An ABC representative tells The Associated Press the crew was asked to change a scene involving an element of theft because an armed robbery recently occurred nearby. Spokeswoman Alyssa Apple says the crew complied and filming continued.

    Town officials say having the show set up in front of stores for two days affects business. Greenwich police say one of the show's scenes caused an alarmed resident to ask a store employee to call police.

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    ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.

     

    34 comments

    • Roderick  •  9 mths ago
      Just some more rich white folks who wanna live in this lala land like everything is PERFECT, the report said it was ring of robbery's in the area, so the show would not have bought any negative attention that wasn't already there. I bet everybody in that "well-to-do" town would be the ones to turn the other cheek if someone needed help. And that makes me sick to my stomach. I, personally love the show and when it all boils down it was still filmed & all this extra #$%$ was for nothing.
    • vlfouquet  •  9 mths ago
      first Boss, Casey Anthony family was paid 200,000 through the herlp of her lawyer for photos, videos, memorabilia, which ABC used for there new reports and commentary. C=The mother never recieved a dime ignorant fools. THe money the family then gave to the lawyere which therey in turn took off their bill to the state for $275,000 yes if they had no then the Taxpayers of Floridas woulhd have had to pay the lawyeres that mony.
    • Running Wolf  •  9 mths ago
      Rich white people with morals? Maybe that is why they want the show to leave, cause there are no morals....
    • RAMNH  •  9 mths ago
      John Quinonis (sic.) is a minority which are not allowed in Greenwich.
    • RAMNH  •  9 mths ago
      Could you please call the local constabulary and pass the "Grey Poupon" .
      But of course.
      Those TV types are causing a mess of our beautiful, private and exclusive town.
    • Opus  •  9 mths ago
      can't comment I gave up on network TV years ago when the creativity died
    • WABDXN  •  9 mths ago
      Diane Sawyer is proof that Satan could be a female...
    • WABDXN  •  9 mths ago
      ABC is the Anti-christ ...
    • Tink  •  9 mths ago
      OMG ! I thought I have heard it all, apparently not. I am not well-to-do, but lived in a well-to-do area. Never again ! People are snobs and think they are so much better than the average working person. Apparently Green-wich is the same. I guess you have to be an older native San Franciscan to know that Greenwich is pronounced......GREEN-WICH. It was never pronounced Gren-ich.
    • Three Dog Mama  •  9 mths ago
      Reality shows are so stupid.
    • Gilligan  •  9 mths ago
      Horrible show. I'd throw them out no matter what the scenario.
    • Kaimana  •  9 mths ago
      For entertainment, just watch the intersection by Starbucks when the cop isn't there to direct traffic. The dumb blonds in their battleship SUVs have no idea what to do at a 4-way stop.
      Other than that, I love Greenwich.
      • Kaimana 9 mths ago
        Blondes, sorry. Though I guess they could be men.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  9 mths ago
      When the people of Greenwich take a crap, it smells like fresh cut red roses on crisp late Spring morning. The people of Greenwich are pompous snobs, most suffer some form of mental retardation, (although they refuse to accept it), and the Greenwich police force are a bunch of arrogant, obnoxious, and most of all STUPID stooges with badges. Greenwich is the laughing stock of New England.
      • Gilligan 9 mths ago
        Eloquence from the trailer park. Zuts alors! Quel Enfant terrible...
    • monty c  •  9 mths ago
      Greenwich, Conn is a great place to study and film amoral behavior.
    • Lulu  •  9 mths ago
      Just a study of human behavior.
    • Linda  •  9 mths ago
      this is a racist show with every scene about how awful white people are to everyone else to the point of being beyond stupid. .there seems to be for years now a real effort to bash white people. i hear it all the time in california. .white people also seem to hate themselves in order to fit in with the precious multicultural everything.
      • Missy 9 mths ago
        Don't know where your getting your info from, Linda. But I'm white and I do not hate myself, nor knock my race to fit in. Why you think this is beyond me. I have yet to see a white person hating themselves the way you describe and claim.
        Seems to me your just bitter about this "multicultural everything" by your post. Your the one with culture issues, Linda. Plain as day to me.
      • WABDXN 9 mths ago
        us poor white folks have always been mistreated.
      • Miselaineous 9 mths ago
        I stopped watching this racist show after they climbed into the immigration debate witha great deal of misinformation.
        Everything is skewed.
        The law that allowed officers to check on the status of a person already stopped for a violation of another law became a security guard going into a diner asking every brown skinned person to show thier papers.
        Yes, that would be racist, but that is not what any law is proposing.
        It's just a great way to fan the flames, and make Whites look like racist devils.
    • Rob North  •  9 mths ago
      The point of this story is ENOUGH ALREADY !!! When your reality shows interfere with innocent unknowing people, and they become alarmed, no matter where they live, it is time to Stop ! But you won't stop until an innocent person is hurt or worse. Pay the lawsuit and keep on bothering people. You Are Shameful ! All of you jerks. Believe it or not, those of us with brains have had far too much ! Go Away !
    • Billy  •  9 mths ago
      I agree screw all the reallity shows, none are worth wasting 5 minutes of your life watching.
    • Boss  •  9 mths ago
      ABC aid Casey Anthony 200,000 dollars and canceled the soaps...Don't watch anything ABC and or Disney.
    • Stacey G  •  9 mths ago
      No more "reality" shows...please!!
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