School shooting compels entertainment changes

By David Bauder
Published December 18, 2012 2:07pm ET
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School shooting compels entertainment changes
FILE - This publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows Tom Cruise in a scene from "Jack Reacher." Cruise plays a former military cop investigating a sniper case. The Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York canceled Monday's Dec. 17, 2012 screening of Tom Cruise's violent new movie, "Jack Reacher," that was to include a conversation with the actor. A scheduled premiere of the movie in Pittsburgh had also been postponed over the weekend. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, File) | Karen Ballard

NEW YORK (AP) — The Connecticut school shooting rampage compelled Hollywood to air disclaimers before violent television shows, swap some programs for others, cancel film openings and present somber specials on daytime TV shows that are usually more focused on entertainment.

The responses came in addition to news specials on Friday’s killing of 27 people, most of them school children, in Newtown, Conn., by a gunman who later took his own life.

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