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TV Tabs Spat over Pat
The Pat O'Brien tug-of-war is getting ugly.
Lawyers for Access Hollywood, O'Brien's TV home up until last month, have gone to court to keep the anchorman from hyping his new celeb-centric show, The Insider.
Specificlly, the battle is over who has custody of O'Brien's mouth for the next few weeks.
Legal eagles for NBC Universal, which produces the syndicated Access Hollywood, tried to slap a restraining order on him, preventing him from talking about his upcoming gig on the Paramount-produced syndicated The Insider, a spinoff from Entertainment Tonight. The lawyers claimed O'Brien shouldn't even be allowed to answer reporters' questions about the rival show, which premieres Sept. 13, until his $1 million-a-year contract with NBC expires Aug. 28.
The restraining order request was part of a larger breach-of-contract suit NBC Universal brought against O'Brien.
O'Brien, one of more respected entertainment TV hosts, apparently annoyed execs at NBC Universal by responding to questions about his career move, and there has been talk that he may hold a press conference promoting The Insider next week for the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles.
On Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dzintra Janavs nixed NBC Universal's request for the temporary restraining order. But the judge agreed to hear more discussion on the matter on July 23.
In his ruling, Janavs pointed out that it was actually NBC Universal that sent out the first press release announcing O'Brien's departure from Access and saying Billy Bush would be the replacement. The media were able to figure out that the rumors of O'Brien going to The Insider were true and sought him out for confirmation.
Paramount attorney Patty Glaser was pleased by the judge's decision. "The activities they're complaining about we believe were perfectly appropriate," she said. "All he's done is Paramount issued a press release announcing the show and [O'Brien] spoke to five different news outlets. That's it." She said there is no intention to run ads promoting O'Brien as host of The Insider prior to Aug. 29.
In its own statement, NBC Universal Television Distribution said, "In court papers we filed today, we sought to enforce the terms we had in place with Mr. O'Brien, who still remains under contract with Access Hollywood." Although NBC Universal said it was disappointed the judge didn't immediately stifle O'Brien, the company said it was pleased the judge would take a week to consider the case. "At that time, we hope the court will grant the order we are seeking."
Their suit, which also complains that O'Brien has tried to poach Access Hollywood staffers for The Insider, seeks unspecified general and punitive damages.
In something of a twist, O'Brien will spend much of next month working for NBC Universal, anchoring part of the Summer Olympics coverage on NBC and Bravo.
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