History abandons series on Clinton impeachment

After getting the go-ahead last fall, a History series set to explore former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial has been scrapped by the network.

History initially ordered six episodes of the series — based on Peter Baker’s bestselling book, The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton — last September, but recently pulled the plug on the project, according to Variety. At the time, Emmy-winning executive producer and director R.J. Cutler described “The Breach” in a press release as “a thrilling tale of personal and professional ambition, of enormous hubris in the name of acquiring power, and of personal foibles, all of which nearly brought down a presidency.”