Comments on: UPDATE: NBC Claims It Was Asked By H'wood Foreign Press Assn And Dick Clark Productions To Join Lawsuit Against WGA; DCP Denies NBC Claim Of Involvement

By: jbelkin

jbelkin — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:52:52 +0000

Zucker & common sense don’t usually go together in the same sentence … just like picking a fight with Apple & Steve Jobs for no apparent reason other than he could not seem to grasp running two businesses - launch HULU & sell stuff on iTunes at the same time?

By: idiot lawyers

idiot lawyers — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:28:48 +0000

Good luck to idiotic HFPA and NBC. No one cares about the Golden Globes and no one cares about NBC.

You can bet some a-hole lawyer is behind this moronic pursuit. Lawyers make life miserable for those of us humans.

By: Bring it on!

Bring it on! — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:18:40 +0000

Isn’t it bad enough that NBC and their AMPTP brethern already got their asses kicked once by the WGA. Now they want to tangle again? What idiots.

By: reelbusy

reelbusy — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:18:06 +0000

“So the previous post, and the fifty or so comments vilifying Zucker, were just absolutely wrong. Great reporting
Comment by ricrhard ”

There is the PR statement and there’s what really happens. NBZucker felt the breeze from the wind blowing against him and bailed on DCP and the HFPA.

You need to learn to understand the subtext and read between the lines because what they actually say is NEVER the truth or real story in Hollywood.

By: Reasonable Writer

Reasonable Writer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:54:26 +0000

Writer4Life, you couldn’t be more right about Variety and Hollywood Reporter. I wouldn’t wipe a birdcage with either of those publications. I’ll just stick with DHD, thank you.

By: Writer4Life

Writer4Life — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:26:08 +0000

Off topic but gimme a pass, Nikki…

Writers,

After the way Variety and the Hollywood Reporter played PR voice for the AMPTP’s cause during the last three months, it’s on all of us to cancel our subscriptions to these ridiculous publications. Send a message to Peter Bart that his better days are behind him.

By: Unindicted Co-conspirator

Unindicted Co-conspirator — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:34:40 +0000

Just how stupid are these guys?
Does the HFPA have any conception of what the WGA’s lawyer would to them in discovery?
The truth about their finances, ties to studios, years of emails & who knows what other shit the HFPA may have been involved in or have knowledge of.
Talk about biting yourself in the ass!
I wonder if Zucker & NBC would like to see them destroyed, then they could create their own award show without having to pay the fee to HFPA!

By: JJL

JJL — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:30:00 +0000

Sounds like more a case of the roaches scurrying when the lights came on than it does a case of bad reporting.

By: mheister

mheister — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:06:35 +0000

This is more like it.

The reason IMHO NBC is unlikely to sue is the potential for countersuits and other blowback, none of which they are remotely prepared for.

By: Furious D

Furious D — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:31:54 +0000

I hope common sense prevails and there are no lawsuits, because all that can do is hurt everyone involved. Sometimes you just have to wash your hands and walk away.

And don’t knock the reporting, the whole hubbub may have been a trial balloon released by NBC folks.

Canadian government agencies do it all the time, they deliberately leak out a story of a plan they’re uncertain of, and if there’s too much outrage, they shelve the plan, and deny that there was ever a plan in the first place.

Someone may have let the story out in order to test the waters, saw the waters turn to vitriol, and backed off.

By: Buck Zollo

Buck Zollo — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:37:23 +0000

the power of the pen
nikki for someone often described unfavorably, you are effective and bloodless.

By: writer person

writer person — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:41:50 +0000

And will that suit be met by one against NBC and other members by the WGA for banding together and walking out, thereby not negotiating in good faith as they are required to by law? I think it would be better for everybody to step back and quit posturing and let the industry just get back to work. Let’s stop hurting people and let’s get on with healing. We’ve also got a country to take care of as well… elections and so forth.

By: Former NBC Hit-Com Writer

Former NBC Hit-Com Writer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:31:43 +0000

[shrug] It doesn’t make Zucker any less of a gigantic asshole.
To HFPA and dc productions: Bring it.