The Breakfast Meeting: Obama as Star in \'SEAL Team Six\'

“SEAL Team Six,” the television drama about the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound that will be broadcast on National Geographic Channel two days before the election, gives President Obama a starring role in the events, Michael Cieply writes in The Times. The film, which was purchased by Harvey Weinstein and re-edited under his supervision, is bound to be criticized by conservatives as favoritism and hagiography.

The British Broadcasting Corporation continues to get pummeled over its decision to cancel an investigative report into accusations of sexual abuse made against Jimmy Savile, a longtime BBC employee, who died last year. George Entwistle, recently appointed as director general of the BBC, acknowledged before a parliamentary committee the “horror” of the nature of the crimes, but said that “this is not the end of the world.” He in turn was accused of “an overwhelming lack of curiosity” about the investigation of Mr. Savile, who is accused of ha ving victimized at least 200 young girls.

A reporter on the BBC show “Newsnight” said her editor, Peter Rippon, tried to kill the story “by making impossible editorial demands.” Mr. Rippon stepped aside from his role on Monday.

Mark Thompson, the incoming chief executive of The New York Times, defended his role during his time as head of the BBC, saying in an interview with The Times that he only learned of the BBC News investigation of Mr. Savile after it had already been canceled and that he wasn't aware the investigation involved allegations of sexual abuse.

Television may have its first breakout hit of the year: the presidential debates. The third and final debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney on Monday drew 59.2 million at-home viewers, down from the first two debates but still a huge audience given the subject (foreign policy) and the competition (Monday Night Football and the deciding baseball game of the National League pennant). T he big winner on cable was again Fox News, with 11.5 million viewers, another record for the cable channel, beating last week's second debate.

Mel Karmazin seems to have finally given up in his fight with Liberty Media's John C. Malone, announcing that he would leave his role as chief executive of Sirius XM Radio in February, just as Liberty takes over the satellite radio giant.

Shares of the video streaming company Netflix tumbled on Tuesday even though it beat earnings estimates. The culprit seems to be its mediocre subscription outlook, the rising challenge of Amazon and the fear that HBO could get into the Web-only subscription market.