Edited sentence: Approximately four years later, the ABC TV magazine 20/20 aired its investigation of an Edward's TV-studio taping.Both Sci Fi and the Crossing Over with John Edward production office were flooded with phone calls and e-mail, some expressing outrage at the exploitation of the national tragedy, others at what they perceived as extreme tastelessness in search of ratings.Edward has also been denounced by investigator and debunker James Randi.Edward's most controversial show went unaired.In November 2000, a story on the TV news magazine Dateline NBC raised doubts on Edward's abilities.In Spring 2000, Sci Fi began airing the reality series Crossing Over with John Edward, an audience participation show starring a self-professed psychic who claims he can communicate with the dead.In the segment, Edward zeroed in on one member of the 20/20 news staff (who was not of the audience), also getting personal information.Later, however,  other Dateline staff discovered footage of Edward talking to the same cameraman at other events the crew was filming.Rosenberg initially ignored the criticism, insisting the programming would go on as scheduled, but within hours terminated plans.Shortly after the 2001 World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, Edward began filming at least one special in which he met with some relatives of the victims, with the intention of "communicating" with those who were killed.Steve Rosenberg, president of domestic television for Edward's production company, Studios USA, had tentatively scheduled the programs to air during the November sweeps period.The cameraman stated that it was likely Edward obtained the information at those events.The program depicted Edward analyzing a Dateline cameraman and verifying many personal facts from the cameraman's life.The trade magazine Broadcasting & Cable sent a story, "'Psychic' Plans WTC Victims Show", on its daily subscription fax sent to news media and TV-station executives on 25 October 2001.Though the act was a familiar mentalist trick from carnival sideshows and vaudeville, Edward assured audiences he was genuine and developed a large following of fans and believers