The Kennedys Opposed "The Kennedys"

According to the Scotsman.  Excerpts follow:

...Respected industry newspaper the Hollywood Reporter said two prominent Kennedy family members had driven a campaign to get the series scrapped.

It claimed Caroline Kennedy, JFK's last surviving child, and Maria Shriver, daughter of his sister Eunice and wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, had used their influence in the broadcasting world to get their way, personally lobbying a Disney executive and a senior figure at NBC and A&E Television Networks, the parent of The History Channel.

Ms Shriver was an award-winning journalist with NBC, and Ms Kennedy has a book deal with a Disney-owned publisher for a collection of previously unreleased interviews with her father. Disney and NBC are part of a consortium that owns AETN.

The scandal broke in the wake of the leaking of an early copy of the script last year, which prompted former Kennedy aide Theodore Sorenson to dismiss it as "malicious and vindictive".

But executive producer Michael Prupas insisted The Kennedys was an accurate historical portrayal of the controversial life of JFK, who was shot dead in Dallas, Texas, in November 1963. "It's the truth. It's a positive reflection, but we have shown the flaws," he said.

He added that he remained confident that The Kennedys would find a buyer so it could be shown in the US.

The series will be broadcast in Canada in March and probably in Europe at a later date.