On
www.cnn.com there is an article that indicates that fox could not get or keep sponsors for the show.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/21/oj.cancel.ap/index.html
No sponsors, no money, no good.
They didn't pull the show because of what the public thought, they pulled it because it wasn't profitable enough.
No morals at all at that network.
Here's a little quip:
"Sensation has long been in News Corp's game, but the Simpson book drew almost universal anger -- from those who knew Goldman and Brown, from booksellers and advertisers, even from Fox News Channel personality Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly urged a boycott of any company that advertised on the special.
A dozen Fox network affiliates said they would not air the two-part special, and numerous stores had either declined to sell the book or had promised to donate any profits to charity.
"I really don't think there would have been very many advertisers who would have been willing to participate in this show," said Brad Adgate of the ad buying firm Horizon Media.
With little advertising, Fox would miss the chance to profit from the show. If there were no advertisers, the show wouldn't even be rated by Nielsen Media Research -- so the number of people watching would have done nothing to help Fox's season average, he said."