[quote name=\'chris319\' post=\'216868\' date=\'May 29 2009, 08:06 AM\'][quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'216862\' date=\'May 29 2009, 03:54 AM\'][quote name=\'pentellit\' post=\'216780\' date=\'May 28 2009, 02:34 PM\'][quote name=\'cmjb13\' post=\'216752\' date=\'May 28 2009, 06:46 AM\']Is Syd a fallout from the Curling lawsuit?[/quote]
No, the word is Syd is developing a new project for Fremantle. Besides, Barker's alleged racial restrictions were in place long before Syd got there. Thus far the only firings stemming from the Curling lawsuit are Barker, Dobkowitz and Eskander. Thus far...!
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I had thought that Dobkowitz was released because he was resistant to change and didn't want any implemented. Not because of the Curling lawsuit.[/quote]
And that Bart was let go for the obvious reasons to do with directing, not because of Curling.
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The major players in the Curling lawsuit are all gone; Barker, Dobkowitz, Eskander. I personally think Bart would have been there til the end of Drew's second season like Roger was til the end of Drew's first season (and not a day longer) except the latest depositions were especially damning against Bart and he was out within a week.
There have been other firings, but to the best of my knowledge they do not stem from the Curling lawsuit.
"Dobkowitz was released because he was resistant to change and didn't want any implemented." Roger I think would have changed his teeth to keep that job. But we all knew Roger was history the minute Barker was out, and it was just a matter of timing to get whoever the new host was going to be thru the first season. I believe Roger could have painted his head purple to show his willingness to change and it wouldn't have mattered because his fate was sealed. (And he was the one who sealed it.)