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Fox, NBC: Grudge Match Continues
Fox's latest sleight of hand has not gone unnoticed.
The network, currently at odds with NBC over competing boxing series, has pushed up the start date on its reality bid, The Next Great Champ, fronted by Oscar De La Hoya.
Now scheduled to premiere Sept. 7, the show is slated to air a day before a hearing that could have pushed Champ out of the ring and off Fox's schedule.
In response, a California judge has rescheduled the hearing.
Fox was sued last week by Mark Burnett and DreamWorks TV, producers of NBC's The Contender. Rather than claim Fox ripped them off, Burnett & Co. claim Fox violated state boxing laws in its rush to bring Champ to air.
Much of their argument is based on a critical report of Champ by the former chairman of California's State Athletic Commission.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Hart ruled against Burnett's request to immediately yank the rival boxing reality series, but she did set a hearing prior to the show's scheduled premiere Sept. 10 to weigh the injunction request.
But on Thursday, Fox announced that it would be shifting Champ's premiere up three days to Sept. 7 "for reasons entirely unrelated to The Contender lawsuit." According to a network spokesperson, Fox even "requested an earlier date for the preliminary injunction hearing in order to accommodate this possibility."
Contender attorneys cried foul. While the judge denied a request to block the date change, she instead rescheduled the injunction hearing for Aug. 27.
DreamWorks described the expedited hearing as "the right thing." According to a statement from the studio, "It's further evidence that the court recognizes the legitimacy and significance of the criminal violations cited" in the commission memo.
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