[Deadline.com]
EMMYS: Fox Nixes Alec Baldwin Joke About News Corp Phone-Hacking Scandal
In Opening Bit; Baldwin Walks, Replaced By Leonard Nimoy
UPDATE: Alec Baldwin confirmed our story via Twitter. "Fox did kill my
NewsCorp hacking joke," he wrote. "Which sucks bc I think it would
have made them look better. A little."
EXCLUSIVE: The opening video for tonight's Primetime Emmy Awards on News
Corp-owned Fox was supposed to feature 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin playing a
fictional president of television. But after a joke about News Corp topper
Rupert Murdoch and the ongoing UK phone-hacking scandal involving his
media empire was cut from the pretaped bit, Baldwin pulled out. He was
replaced at the last minute by Star Trek veteran Leonard Nimoy, who re-did
the skit sans the News Corp joke...
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