Mr. Viruet knocks around, waiting for his next budding champ, or next payday, to walk in.
If the Fox show "The Next Great Champ" hampers NBC's chances, red ink may flow.
She set the hearing for Sept. 8, two days before the premiere date of "The Next Great Champ".
One point made in the claim by "The Contender" is that "Next Great Champ" disregarded the state rules because Fox was rushing the show onto the air.
On Tuesday, they filed an unfair-business-practices lawsuit against Fox and its producers for "The Next Great Champ," Endemol USA and Lock and Key Productions.
Should the judge so rule, "Next Great Champ" could not be stopped from going on the air, though the other side could sue for damages.
A Fox spokesman, Scott Grogin, said yesterday that Fox had moved the start of "Next Great Champ" to Sept. 7 from Sept. 10.
[C3.] Boxing Programs Head to Court Producers of the NBC boxing reality series "The Contender" went to court to prevent the Fox network from broadcasting its version, called "The Next Great Champ".
The chairman of the commission, Sanford L. Michelman, said he considered shutting down the Fox show, "The Next Great Champ," last week because a licensed promoter may not have been involved in the production of some of the boxing matches.
New shows, such as "The Next Great Champ" and "The Last Comic Standing", have done so badly that they have been relegated to cable networks.Too many shows of obviously inferior quality have pricked reality's bubble, says David Poltrack, head of research and planning at the CBS network.
