A CBS News producer has been fired after he interrupted the last five minutes of a hit crime drama to announced the death of Palestinian President Yasser. Word of the dismissal came a day after CBS apologized to viewers for breaking into "CSI: NY," one of its top-rated shows, on Wednesday night. "An overly aggressive CBS News producer jumped the gun with a report that should have been offered to local stations for their late news. We sincerely regret the error," the network said in a statement on Thursday. According to reports the producer did not consulted a senior CBS News executive before interrupting regular programming, as required by regular procedures. Neither NBC or ABC, considered as CBS' two biggest rivals, interrupted regular program to announce Arafat's death.

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