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Discovery Communication's planned UK special, 'Michael Jackson: L'Autopsie,' has angered the co-executors of Michael Jackson's estate.
The European program set to air Jan. 13 will reportedly feature a recreation of Jackson's autopsy. According to the Wall Street Journal, Jackson estate co-executors John Branca and John McClain have called for Discovery to pull the special before broadcast.
"Your decision to even schedule this program is in shockingly bad taste, insensitive to Michael's family, and appears motivated solely by your blind desire to exploit Michael's death, while cynically attempting to dupe the public into believing this show will have some serious medical value," the two wrote in a letter to Discovery.
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o. Veteran sitcom writer/producer Aron Abrams has died. Known for his work on shows such as '3rd Rock From the Sun' and 'Grounded For Life,' Abrams...
Discovery Communication's planned UK special, 'Michael Jackson: L'Autopsie,' has angered the co-executors of Michael Jackson's estate.
The European program set to air Jan. 13 will reportedly feature a recreation of Jackson's autopsy. According to the Wall Street Journal, Jackson estate co-executors John Branca and John McClain have called for Discovery to pull the special before broadcast.
"Your decision to even schedule this program is in shockingly bad taste, insensitive to Michael's family, and appears motivated solely by your blind desire to exploit Michael's death, while cynically attempting to dupe the public into believing this show will have some serious medical value," the two wrote in a letter to Discovery.
In other TV news ...
o. Veteran sitcom writer/producer Aron Abrams has died. Known for his work on shows such as '3rd Rock From the Sun' and 'Grounded For Life,' Abrams...
- 12/30/2010
- by Chris Harnick
- Aol TV.
TV Producer Abrams Dies
TV producer Aron Abrams passed away on Christmas Day. He was 50 years old.
The star, who worked on shows including sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, was found dead in his Hawaii hotel room by his wife Lynn Lempert, according to local reports.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports paramedics were called to the Fairmont Orchid Hotel early on Saturday morning. Abrams' cause of death has not yet been released.
As well as Everybody Hates Chris, Abrams also worked on 3rd Rock From the Sun and King of the Hill.
The star, who worked on shows including sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, was found dead in his Hawaii hotel room by his wife Lynn Lempert, according to local reports.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports paramedics were called to the Fairmont Orchid Hotel early on Saturday morning. Abrams' cause of death has not yet been released.
As well as Everybody Hates Chris, Abrams also worked on 3rd Rock From the Sun and King of the Hill.
- 12/30/2010
- WENN
Aron Abrams was a Los Angeles TV comedy writer with credits including Everybody Hates Chris, Grounded For Life, and 3rd Rock From The Sun. 2Nd Update: His friends now tell Deadline that Abrams died of a heart attack on Christmas Day during a family vacation on the Big Island. He was 50.
- 12/29/2010
- by NIKKI FINKE
- Deadline Hollywood
Black Monday at TV studios
STRIKE ZONE: LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES
UPDATED 5:02 p.m. PT Jan. 14
The force majeure ax swung wide Monday as four TV studios -- CBS Paramount Network TV, Universal Media Studios, 20th Century Fox Television and Warner Bros. TV -- tore up dozens of overall deals.
All four issued similarly worded statements blaming the writers strike for the terminations, which are expected to save the studios tens of millions of dollars. But none came close to the nearly 30 overall deals axed at ABC Studios on Friday. CBS Par and 20th TV each dropped half that number. UMS and WBTV stayed in the single digits, with WBTV's termination tally said to be less than five deals. Like ABC Studios, CBS Par, UMS, 20th TV and WBTV mostly went after writers, producers and directors with no active projects.
CBS Par's force majeure list includes some high-profile writing and nonwriting producers: Hugh Jackman, whose Seed Prods. inked a multiyear deal at the studio in August; "The Chronicles of Narnia" producer Mark Johnson; veteran writer-producer Rene Echevarria, who co-created CBS Par's USA Network series "The 4400" (he will continue his services as exec producer on the studio's NBC drama "Medium"); the Emmy-winning "Sopranos" writing duo of Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green; Barry Schindel ("Numbers"); and John McNamara ("Fastlane").
Scribes Jennifer Levin ("Without a Trace"), Liz Astrof ("The King of Queens") and the team of Aron Abrams and Greg Thompson ("Everybody Hates Chris") also received termination letters from CBS Par.
UPDATED 5:02 p.m. PT Jan. 14
The force majeure ax swung wide Monday as four TV studios -- CBS Paramount Network TV, Universal Media Studios, 20th Century Fox Television and Warner Bros. TV -- tore up dozens of overall deals.
All four issued similarly worded statements blaming the writers strike for the terminations, which are expected to save the studios tens of millions of dollars. But none came close to the nearly 30 overall deals axed at ABC Studios on Friday. CBS Par and 20th TV each dropped half that number. UMS and WBTV stayed in the single digits, with WBTV's termination tally said to be less than five deals. Like ABC Studios, CBS Par, UMS, 20th TV and WBTV mostly went after writers, producers and directors with no active projects.
CBS Par's force majeure list includes some high-profile writing and nonwriting producers: Hugh Jackman, whose Seed Prods. inked a multiyear deal at the studio in August; "The Chronicles of Narnia" producer Mark Johnson; veteran writer-producer Rene Echevarria, who co-created CBS Par's USA Network series "The 4400" (he will continue his services as exec producer on the studio's NBC drama "Medium"); the Emmy-winning "Sopranos" writing duo of Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green; Barry Schindel ("Numbers"); and John McNamara ("Fastlane").
Scribes Jennifer Levin ("Without a Trace"), Liz Astrof ("The King of Queens") and the team of Aron Abrams and Greg Thompson ("Everybody Hates Chris") also received termination letters from CBS Par.
- 1/15/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Seidel named TV agent at Endeavor
Scott Seidel has joined Endeavor's television department as an agent. Seidel comes to Endeavor from ICM, where had been an agent in the TV literary and packaging departments since 1998, representing such clients as Aron Abrams and Greg Thompson (King of the Hill), Rob Bailey (The Wire), Doris Egan (Skin), Jim Hanna (The Dennis Miller Show), Eric Kentoff (The John Henson Show), Dennis Klein (The Larry Sanders Show), Brett Mahoney (The Lyon's Den), Simon Mirren (Without a Trace) and Paul Shapiro (Las Vegas). It is not yet clear which clients will follow him to Endeavor. Before ICM, Seidel was a TV agent at the Agency for the Performing Arts.
- 12/12/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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