Toronto-filmed JFK miniseries to air in Canada

A miniseries based on John F. Kennedy’s life and family and starring Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear will be broadcast in Canada despite being nixed from the U.S.-based History Channel. The miniseries was filmed in Toronto. Shaw Media will show the eight-part miniseries in March, the company’s senior content vice-president, Barbara Williams, announced.
“Shaw Media is committed to the production of The Kennedys and will broadcast the production in Canada as planned, in spring 2011,” she said. Shaw operates Global TV and various specialty channels, such as HGTV, History Television and Food Network Canada. The U.S.-based History Channel axed the miniseries last week. The series "is not fit for the History brand,” a History representative told The Hollywood Reporter.