An American TV network is said to be negotiating a repeat of controversial documentary Living With Michael Jackson, after the huge response it provoked last week.

ABC's news website said it wants to re-run British reporter Martin Bashir's interview with the star before it is shown on music channel VH1 on Saturday.

The programme hit headlines around the world and showed Jackson telling Bashir that he shared his bed with children.

Jackson said Bashir's documentary was misleading and unfair - but programme-makers Granada defended it as being "candid and honest".

Bashir's film was "honest", says Granada

The singer said Bashir's documentary "could have led viewers to conclude that he abuses children".

Meanwhile, video footage which Jackson promised would prove Bashir's portrayal of him was hypocritical, has still not been released.

The singer's lawyer had said on Sunday that the five-minute film would be distributed within 24 hours.

Jackson said he would produce his own video excerpts, filmed by his own staff during the eight-month shoot with Bashir.

But Granada dismissed Jackson's comments as "clumsy and desperate".

Media interest in Jackson is still riding high following sizeable audiences for the documentary in the UK and US.

In Britain, 14 million people watched the ITV1 programme, while in the US, 27 million saw it aired on ABC.

And American cable network, USA Network, revealed on Monday it is making an unauthorised two-hour film based on Jackson's life to be screened early next year.