‘Little Genius’: Was It Violating FCC Rules?

It’s possible Mark Burnett’s kiddie quiz show was breaking rules set up after the quiz-show scandals of the ’50s

Mark Burnett’s last-minute decison to yank "Our Little Genius" a week before it aired has prompted questions about what rules and regulations the show was potentially violating.

The "Survivor" producer hasn’t said specifically what motivated him to pull the program, but he did release a vague official statement Thursday that alluded to "an issue with how some information was relayed to contestants during the pre-production."

Also in the statement, he said he wanted the show to be "beyond reproach"

Indeed, reports have popped up on blogs and on websites since the announcement that demonstrate that while the show may not have been rigged, the circumstances surrounding the production may have existed in a nebulous legal terrain.

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