Was It the Hair That Did It?

Sorry, Katie Holmes, but your big return to TV is gonna have to wait.

A&E Television Networks has decided it will not air The Kennedys, after all.

The project is an eight-part miniseries starring Greg Kinnear as JFK and Holmes as Jackie O, with Barry Pepper as Bobby Kennedy and Tom Wilkinson as Joseph Kennedy.

“While the film is produced and acted with the highest quality,” the network said in a statement, “after viewing the final product in its totality, we have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History [Channel] brand.”

So it wasn’t Katie-as-Jackie’s hair then?

Showtime has the option of premiering The Kennedys later this year, just like it did The Reagans a few years ago.

Photo: TVLine.com.

Update: Uh, actually, Showtime is passing on the hot potato, too.