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When ReelzChannel presents the "world premiere" of miniseries "The Kennedys" on April 3, it will also be seizing a unique chance to enter the ranks of cablers with signature scripted programming--an opportunity that History dropped in January when it abruptly announced it was yanking the show.
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That cancellation followed a yearlong campaign by liberal critics and, reportedly, the Kennedy clan, to scuttle the miniseries, which they allege paints a distorted portrait of them.
Politically conservative producer Joel Surnow ("24"), who is behind the project, declined to comment, but a trio of below-the-liners who read the script and worked …