NBC execs were pretty non-chalant about hiring Isaiah Washington for at least five guest appearances on its new fall series "Bionic Woman" claming to know little about the controversy surrounding the actor's firing from "Grey's Anatomy."
This might get their attention: a TVGuide.com poll asked the following question: "Will guest star Isaiah Washington make you less inclined to watch Bionic Woman?"
Results:
Less Inclined: 71 percent
More inclined: 29 percent

I don't think that dooms the show since the poll doesn't even ask is there is anyone who doesn't care. But it's certainly worth noting. Washington is a talented actor and has his fans, but he upset a lot of people with his anti-gay slur toward co-star T.R. Knight and his post-firing behavior in recent months of deflecting all blame back onto Knight.

A TV Guide reader writes the following: "So NBC pulled Don Imus' show on MSNBC after he made a racial slur, but hired Isaiah Washington after he made a homophobic one. What a double standard! Why isn't GLAAD - or Rosie O'Donnell for that matter - challenging this?"

We'll see how this plays out. I think the show's fate will rest far more on the shoulders of the leading lady who will have to make us forget Lindsay Wagner...