Friday January 11 7:20 PM ET
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - A Bulgarian TV program in which
young women disrobe as they deliver the day's top headlines has been suspended,
the station said Friday.
``The Naked Truth'' will stay off the air until the station's owners decide
whether to cancel the popular show, program director Stilian Ivanov said. Plans
for the show are to be announced Jan. 20.
The 10-minute news program was launched last month on private MSAT TV, and
ratings have surpassed those of state television's traditional late-evening
newscast.
MSAT TV did not say why the show was being suspended.
The Council on Electronic Media, a watchdog panel appointed by parliament
and the president, has voiced concerns that the station may have committed
plagiarism by using the name of a defunct Russian show.
The Russian program - which featured segments with naked reporters going to
parliament to interview politicians - was canceled several months ago after a
drop in ratings.
Nikolai Zheliazkov, a reporter for MSAT TV, said the company's decision was unrelated to the panel's concerns.
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