Rumor: NBC May Sue Writers Guild Over Canceled Golden Globes

Deadline Hollywood Daily:

I'm told by sources that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and NBC are on the verge of taking legal action against the WGA for actions leading to the cancellation of this year's Golden Globes. Really, could Jeff Zucker possibly be more of a putz? I say the WGA should countersue the NBC Universal midget for impersonating a mogul (and the HFPA for impersonating a legitimate news organization).

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Comments

[BOHICA]

07:32 PM on 02/13/2008

Little Jeffy is the one who decided to cancel the Golden Globes, not the WGA. The WGA was exercising its legitimate rights to set up picket lines and wage a labor action and targeted the Globes to make a (very costly) point with the AMPTP--of which NBC Universal is a member. BTW, it was because of what happened with the Globes that the strike got settled. No one wanted to see a repeat with the Academy Awards.

If Little Jeffy has a beef, it should be with SAG, who refused to cross the WGA's picket lines.

But Little Jeffy is, after all as another poster so accurately stated a "bald dumb egocentric schmuck putz asswipe who cost his company over ONE BILLION DOLLARS in provable monetary losses is a real winner. When Zucker got his cushy job NBC was #1 now they are #4."

I used to be proud to say that I worked at NBC. No longer. When I was there, it was like being at Harvard, where excellence was recognized and rewarded. Now it's like some crummy community college where mediocrity is king and anybody can attend.

[ErnestineBass]

08:38 PM on 02/13/2008

HALLELUJAH and AMEN to that, COMRADE!

I have, as a result of the disrespect heaped upon MYSELF and fellow members of the WGA, taken a solemn oath NEVER to write for teevee again until RUDE, talentless, myopic, megalomaniacal assholes like Zucker are purged from leadership roles in the industry.

Ours is a thankless enough job without GROSSLY OVERPAID CHILDREN like "Jeffy, The Bald Bastard" further marginalizing OUR WORTH to the overall artistic process.

If you want something better, America, you must demand it. Write a letter or send an email to Zucker or GE explaining WHY you are refusing to watch their network programming. Tell them you intend to Rent "Network" and watch it TWICE! Or better yet, donate $$$ to your local public teevee affiliate.

The squeaky wheel gets the grease, my friends.

IT IS TIME TO HOWL YOUR DISPLEASURE!!!

It is time to squeak.

[Counterglow]

03:23 PM on 02/13/2008

If NBC sues, add my name to the list of those who will be boycotting them. And writing their advertisers to inform them of the fact, of course.

[ReelBusy]

03:11 PM on 02/13/2008

And one more thing.
NBC and the AMPTP left the bargaining table in Decemeber.

Just up and walked away.

So his lawsuit is going to be about the WGA not bargaining with him while he rufused to bargain with them??? Case dismissed.

I seriously think Zucker might actually still literally suck his thumb. What a tool.

[ReelBusy]

03:06 PM on 02/13/2008

Awesome, file that suit Zucker.
Clearly he has not run this by the boys at GE yet.

I can hardly wait for the discovery and deposition process that will throw open the studio’s (and AMPTP's) entire strike strategy and internal communications process to everyone.

I will finally get to read those memos.
Probably right here on DHD.
Nothing like a legal filing to shed light on internal process and the people.

Bring it on Jeff.
You’re fellow moguls will love you for this Zucker.
You will truly never eat lunch in this town again.
This will be sooo good.

And the National Labor Relations Board will also get involved too as soon as any union is sued.

I’m tingling with excitement about this.
First the strike ends now this might happen.
I have to go now, I need a cigarette…..

[ErnestineBass]

05:19 PM on 02/13/2008

Ain't that the truth!?!

RRRRRR-ZZZAT! RRRRRR-ZZZAT! RRRRRR-ZZZAT!

The sound of shredders already hard at work.

[SmootyBooty]

02:16 PM on 02/13/2008

And BTW-take a look at the guy standing next to him. Could there be a better metaphor for Zucker's failure as a human being than Tiki Barber?

[SmootyBooty]

02:15 PM on 02/13/2008

Take a look at this bullet-headed son of a bitch. What self-respecting woman would procreate with it?
This guy is a perfect representative of what is wrong with America...

[ErnestineBass]

02:03 PM on 02/13/2008

Fuck NBC and Fuck Zucker.

[hopeless277]

01:48 PM on 02/13/2008

Viewers may drop NBC from their favorites list.

[Scytherius]

12:28 PM on 02/13/2008

Speaking as an attorney . . . because of the labor Laws that BS will get pitched. And what a way to piss off viewers even more. Right now the Networks have gotten some goodwill back. But, they are really as dumb as major record labels. Go ahead and sue ya morons.

[wm1066]

12:12 PM on 02/13/2008

There is no shows worth watching on NBC.
I was going to say I would block the station on my TV in protest of Zucker when I realized I don't watch NBC anymore.
Heh!

[LeonBNJ]

11:44 AM on 02/13/2008

This has happened before. I believe a number of years ago American Airlines sued their pilots who went on strike for losses incured. I believe it was quickly dismissed, but it did put fear in those pilots and their union to give in at the next contract renewal. As others have mentioned, Jeff Zucker would be very foolish to do this as he help drive NBC TV into an also ran in the ratings and would make it difficult to hold contract negotiations with the actors which are coming up soon.

[queeraz]

11:13 AM on 02/13/2008

The viewing public should then sue NBC for allowing greed to rule and thereby interrupt our right to view new programming.

[CaveatMagnusFrater]

10:39 AM on 02/13/2008

Someone please explain to Mr. Zucker the purpose of collective bargaining. Without solidarity you have a large corporation competing against an individual. No threat to the corporation - major threat to individual. When the networks and studios wouldn't work out a new deal with the WGA, both sides stopped profiting from the writer's creations. Hey dumbass, that's the point of a strike. Everybody suffers until a fair agreement can be ironed out.

[ibsteve2u]

10:34 AM on 02/13/2008

That would be it for me and NBC - and GE.

And, should GE/NBC make such a naked attack on the rights of the working people of America, I would encourage all of those whom I know to likewise drop NBC as an advertising and entertainment medium and GE as a supplier.

That parental block capability is a wonderful thing, and it is not that hard to explain to the citizens of the 'netiverse.

(Not that big a sacrifice, anyway - to totally block NBC from your homes and offices is blocking what - a half dozen channels? Out of 30 to 60 - or more?)

[ibsteve2u]

10:38 AM on 02/13/2008

Oh, and I think I would include handy-dandy guides to block any NBC URLs for most of the common home and small office routers...that is easy to explain simply, too.

[HermioneGranger]

11:32 AM on 02/13/2008

Let me explain to you how TV works. The networks have not planted a chip in your TV so see what you are watching or not (not yet).

The way ratings are determined is as follows: Nielsen has acquired some 5000 households who have signed up for getting monitored. Until you are not one of them, it does not matter what you might be watching or not

[SmootyBooty]

02:12 PM on 02/13/2008

Believing in the Neilsens is like believing in the tooth fairy.
BTW-that 5000 thing? Pure hooey...

[Dannydel]

10:29 AM on 02/13/2008

Is there anyone out there that doesn't know the dirty little secret about the HFPA? They're a bunch of second rate, grog swilling, third world wannabe critics who happened to sucker the networks into believing they actually mattered. They rent a broom closet in Hollywood with an answering machine. They go on junkets. They take the studio swag. They are self important nobodies. They are a perfect match for mr. Zucker and the brain dead suits at 30 Rock. Good luck sueing a union, you turkeys, this is America, where the workers haven't yet been muzzled by the likes of you.

[HermioneGranger]

11:30 AM on 02/13/2008

Yeahn and some of them third world wannabes might even be black or brownskinned - how disgusting.

Shouldn't the entertainment industry remain in the hands of white America only, as it always was?

[SmootyBooty]

02:13 PM on 02/13/2008

You really are ignorant. BAFTAS, Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Spirit.
Crawl out from under your rock. The HFPA is 100% white europeans.