Rival TV Boxing Shows Slug It Out in Calif. Court
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The makers of rival boxing shows coming to US television stepped into the legal ring on Tuesday as producers of NBC&#39;s &quot;The Contender&quot; sought a court order to block &quot;The Next Great Champ&quot; from debuting as planned ...
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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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The series has been the source of ferocious contention between Fox and NBC along with the producers of NBC&#39;s version of reality boxing, &quot;The Contender,&quot; which is to have its premiere in November.
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On paper, it looked like a matchup of youth against age. It even appeared it could have been one of those classic boxer-versus-slugger wars.
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A judge gave the second round to Fox in a legal fight over competing boxing reality shows.
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Joe Calzaghe's next fight is against the runner-up on a reality show.
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Justices' representing opposing factions on the court argued issues in front of student and national TV.
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A Californian judge has refused to deliver a knock-out punch to one of two boxing &quot;reality&quot; shows vying to be first on US television.
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SATURDAY BOXING 9:45 p.m. -- Featherweights: Litzau vs. Hernandez; middleweights: Miranda vs. Gibbs, HBO COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon -- Pittsburgh at Wisconsin, ESPN
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Promoter Don King, who built a boxing  empire with the aid of hyperbole, bluster and spin, filed a  $2.5 billion lawsuit on Wednesday against sports channel ESPN  over a biography of him he said was defamatory.
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"The Next Great Champ" had to fight in court just to get on the air, but the boxing reality series couldn't survive a battering in the ratings.
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A U.S. court on Thursday received   a request from Fox Broadcasting Co. to bar EchoStar   Communications Corp. DISH.O from retransmitting distant TV   stations.
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The gloves came off Tuesday in the heavyweight battle over Hollywood Entertainment Corp., the nation&#39;s No. 2 video rental chain.
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A California judge on Friday gave  the Fox television network and its boxing series "The Next  Great Champ" a victory against a rival reality show, allowing  "Champ" to air next week as planned, TV executives said.
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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 court shows offer campy, hammed up summary justice, but they feed the viewersâ vicarious craving for told-you-so retribution.
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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.