Rival TV Boxing Shows Slug It Out in Calif. Court
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The makers of rival boxing shows  coming to U.S. television stepped into the legal ring on  Tuesday as producers of NBC's "The Contender" sought a court  order to block "The Next Great Champ" from debuting as planned  next month on Fox.
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A California judge on Wednesday refused a bid by producers of NBC's upcoming TV boxing show "The Contender" to block the Sept. 10 debut of Fox's rival reality series, "The Next Great Champ," giving the first round of judicial fisticuffs to the Rupert Murdoch-owned network.
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Here's a legal battle  that's been raging almost as long as Arnold Schwarzenegger's  post-bodybuilding career.
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TV networks are desperate for a return to cameras in the courtroom
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The "L.A. Law" state strikes again.
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A California judge refused on Wednesday to deliver a knock-out punch to one of two boxing &quot;reality&quot; shows vying to be first on US television but set the stage for a second, and perhaps more decisive round in their ...
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By Rick Bird  There is an ugly duckling story, a new top-five network battle, a pompous new attorney and the suffering six. Those are some of the storylines to play out Thursdays on the tube this fall.  This week The Post is handicapping each night of the new TV season.
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A California judge on Wednesday  refused a bid by producers of NBC's upcoming TV boxing show  "The Contender" to block the Sept. 10 debut of Fox's rival  reality series, "The Next Great Champ," giving the first round  of judicial fisticuffs to the Rupert Murdoch-owned network.
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The makers of rival boxing shows coming to U.S. television stepped into the legal ring on Tuesday as producers of NBC's "The Contender" sought a court order to block "The Next Great Champ" from debuting as planned next month on Fox.
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In what their lawyers are characterizing as the first test of the legal mettle of the General Public License in the US, the developers of a multipurpose UNIX-style utilities package have sued Monsoon Multimedia - which makes a competitive product to SlingBox called Hava.
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LOS ANGELES -- A judge&#39;s ruling Wednesday in a dispute between Fox&#39;s &quot;The Next Great Champ&quot; and a rival boxing show favored Fox. But round two is set for next month.
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LOS ANGELES - A disparate group made up of dozens of state attorneys general, labor unions, retailers, professional sports leagues and others urged the US Supreme Court on Monday to hear a claim brought by the recording and film industries against two
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Boxing promoter Don King filed a $2.5 billion defamation suit Wednesday, claiming he was portrayed in a false light on an ESPN "SportsCentury" segment aired last May.
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TV court shows offer campy, hammed up summary justice, but they feed the viewersâ vicarious craving for told-you-so retribution.
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As Fox&#39;s &quot;The Next Great Champ&quot; prepared to debut Tuesday, the boxing reality show and rival NBC series &quot;The Contender&quot; faced the prospect of having their
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Huntington Beach is taking its rivalry with Santa Cruz over the title of "Surf City, USA" out of the ocean and into the hands of lawyers, trademarking the name and chasing down businesses that infringe on it.
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NEW YORK - After preliminaries stuffed with enough lawsuits and trash-talk to make Don King proud, the first of TV's battling boxing series faced its opening round Tuesday.    Fox's "The Next Great Champ" takes 12 amateur boxers and has them compete for a contract with Oscar De La Hoya's promotional company and a title fight within the World Boxing Organization...