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Fox's Foul Play?
Is a certain network acting lazy like a Fox?
Suits at NBC and ABC are pointing an angry finger at Fox, accusing the upstart net of swiping ideas and unfairly scooping the competition.
Snippy execs say there are several examples of series that Fox initially passed on, including NBC's The Contender and ABC's Wife Swap, only to turn around and develop knock-offs.
Of course, creative inspiration (or imitation) is nothing new in show biz, but in a Fox-worthy twist, the network is rushing its series onto air ahead of the original product.
Speaking via satellite at the Television Critics Press Tour on Monday, the Alphabet net's entertainment prez Stephen McPherson said writers and developers should be wary of pitching to Fox.
"If I was a member of the creative community," said McPherson, "it would be incredibly disconcerting to me that if you take a show into Fox, and they can't, don't or decide not to buy it, they will steal it. Plain and simple."
After ABC announced it was importing the British hit Wife Swap back in January, Fox put its own family-switcheroo series, Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy, on the fast track.
Now, the net will bow its new series next week, a full two months ahead of the ABC show's scheduled Sept. 29 launch.
"I think it's really upsetting, I think it's bad for the business, I think it's bad for the broadcast networks, and I don't think it's right," said McPherson.
His belly-aching echoed that of NBC prez Jeff Zucker, who spoke out on Saturday. "Quite frankly, they used to be innovators, and now they are imitators," Zucker griped.
Fox lost Contender to NBC in a bidding war before announcing its own similarly themed boxing series, The Next Great Champ, fronted by Oscar De La Hoya.
The Peacock now finds its show, from Mark Burnett and Sylvester Stallone, in danger of getting KO'd by Fox's version, which is slated for a fall launch. NBC hadn't scheduled the Contender until midseason 2004-05.
But Zucker didn't take his punches sitting down. In retaliation, he told reporters of two top secret projects in the works at Fox, including Who's My Daddy?, which asks a woman to find her father among 16 men, and Big Shot, described as a faux Apprentice opportunity.
Nyah-nyah!
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