John Wells, executive producer of "The West Wing," has given back the Family Television Award for the NBC series after co-star Allison Janney's comments in support of the actors' strike were edited out of the telecast.
" 'The West Wing' is not interested in an award from an organization that supports censorship," Wells said in a statement reported in Variety. Wells is also president of the Writers Guild of America West.
At the end of her Aug. 3 acceptance speech, Janney told the audience of ad industry execs that they should move to end the actors' strike. "Don't take away what's rightfully theirs," she added.
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The awards are handed out by the Association of National Advertisers, one of the groups involved in the labor dispute.