One night for each victim?
The book is being published by none other than Murdoch's editrix Judith Regan, who has her own division within his Harper Collins publishing company, and has starred in more than one failed Fox television project.
The lady described as the "angriest woman in the media" will now costar with OJ Simpson in what should be the most notorious Fox programming gambit since they had Maury Povich host Michael Jackson's rebuttal to the damning ABC Primetime exposé-- or at least since they aired When Good Pets Go Bad 2.
"In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade...
"'This is an interview that no one thought would ever happen. It's the definitive last chapter in the Trial of the Century,' said Mike Darnell, Executive Vice President of Alternative Programming..."
The Fox news release goes on to call the interview "wide-ranging and no-holds-barred." But don't count on that. The special airs Monday, Nov. 27 at 9 p.m, then skips Tuesday night-- why pre-empt an episode of House when it could be as gruesome as Simpson's "imagination"?-- and concludes Wednesday, Nov. 29. Then, the book goes on sale the next morning. How's that for synergy?
Regan left New York City and set up shop in Los Angeles last year. It was shortly after she received national attention when former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik withdrew his acceptance as Secretary of Homeland Security, amid allegations that he and Regan had carried on an extramarital affair in a lower Manhattan apartment reserved for World Trade Center cleanup workers. Simpson, as you may know, was acquitted of the murders, but later was found "responsible" for both in a civil suit. He was ordered to pay $33.5 million in restitution to the families of the victims. The families say he hasn't paid anyone a penny. Don't expect them to get any of the money Fox forks over.
Comments (9)
This is officially the all-time low in television programming (and publishing). How anyone could even think of such a concept is beyond me.
1 of 9 | Posted by murphena
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Posted on November 14, 2006 5:38 PM
Barf.
2 of 9 | Posted by Pinky101
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Posted on November 14, 2006 6:23 PM
3 of 9 | Posted by Ubiquitous
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Posted on November 15, 2006 1:59 AM
It's official. I am throwing my TV out the window.
4 of 9 | Posted by WDWBelle
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Posted on November 15, 2006 5:40 AM
I'll be watching heroes.
5 of 9 | Posted by silentfire
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Posted on November 15, 2006 6:13 AM
Fox should be ashamed of themselves to be associated with such a book!
How bad will it be? Re-inactments? Ugh! I hope not.
"If I did it"? A fake tell all or the real story. Ugh - again!
6 of 9 | Posted by TaxGirl
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Posted on November 15, 2006 7:26 AM
If he makes any money off of this, I hope Fred Goldman is standing by the door to collect every cent.
7 of 9 | Posted by Dr. Grissom
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Posted on November 15, 2006 9:57 AM
If I'm not mistaken, OJ cleverly put all his assets in a trust that shields the money from the Goldmans. Bad man...
8 of 9 | Posted by watcher
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Posted on November 15, 2006 10:12 AM
wow, this really makes me sick, i mean imagine if someone had murdered so savagely someone you loved or even knew and then got off, and the got paid to talk about "IF" he did it, so sick! there's something seriously seriously wrong with him an anyone who is involved in the emergence of this offensive show, really just makes me sick and wonder why it is that i came to America? was it for shit like this to go down? hell naw, i could've gotten that shit back in the motherland, seriously oj, i don't care if u were in the naked gun movies or a great football player, you are a MURDERER and eventually karma will get you!
9 of 9 | Posted by Svettylana
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Posted on November 15, 2006 1:25 PM