Its top executive called the segment "as big a mistake as there has been" in the 45-year-old history of the celebrated news program.
WABC-TV executives shelved the segment, saying it could aggravate racial unrest in the city.
Last week, WGBH executives pulled another segment, in which another expert appraised a 17th-century Milanese parade helmet at $250,000, after receiving a tip that the helmet did not belong to the woman who brought it in.
At a production meeting on Tuesday afternoon in Warren, he and the focus-group segment's executive producer, Sue Bunda, talked over how to ensure that the views of the participants, who would watch the debate together on the CNN set in a historic one-room schoolhouse, were not contaminated by the assessments of television analysts.
With an entry price of $35,000, the Model III is to have a range of at least 200 miles and compete in the executive (rather than luxury) segment of the market alongside such conventional vehicles as the BMW 3-series, Audi A4 and Mercedes C-class.
The segment was executive producer Bill Oakley's idea and included live action directed by David Mirkin.
QVC's beauty executives will review a segment and suggest, for instance, that Ms. Kelly rub an eyeliner on her hand.
John Chambers, the chief executive, said that while segments of its business appeared to have bottomed out, the bigger picture remained murky.
On the night that the state broadcaster announced Bo's political demise, it also carried a prominent news segment with executives from Sina, Tencent and Baidu personally pledging to support the government's campaign.
There is a segment of executives in this survey by EY and Forbes Insights whose enterprises have achieved higher levels of maturity.
