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NBC Expresses Regret for Air-Crash Skit

Monday, August 28, 2006 6:12:08 PM

This still photo from video, supplied by NBC and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, shows Emmy Awards show host Conan O'Brien's opening gag -- a filmed comedy bit. The sequence prompted criticism that it was in bad taste following the fiery crash of a commuter jet earlier in the day in Lexington. Ky., that killed 49 people. (AP Photo/NBC-Academy of Television Arts and Sciences)LOS ANGELES (AP) - NBC expressed regret Monday for an Emmy Awards comedy skit that included a mock plane crash and aired on the network the evening of a fatal Kentucky jetliner accident.

"Our hearts and prayers go out to the many families who lost loved ones in the plane crash in Kentucky on Sunday, and to the entire community that has suffered this terrible loss," NBC said in a statement the day after the ceremony.

"In no way would we ever want to make light of this terrible tragedy," NBC said. "The filmed opening during the Emmy telecast was meant to spoof some of television's most well-known scenes. The timing was unfortunate, and we regret any unintentional pain it may have caused."


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