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EP's Blog: What Is Exclusive?
by Rob Silverstein, Access Hollywood executive producer
Welcome to week 2 of my blog. We’re halfway through sweeps and ratings are up, which is no surprise as there is certainly no shortage of big stories to cover. The David Hasselhoff and Pamela Bach debacle is a stunner.
The disturbing tape of a wrecked David Hasselhoff makes its way to all the shows … of course all the shows air the tape. All the shows call it exclusive, except Access Hollywood, which brings me to … what is exclusive?
There are 14 definitions of “exclusive” on dictionary.com and one of the top definitions is, “Shutting out all others from a part or share.” The key words here are “all others” and when every show has the Hasselhoff tape, how is it an ET or Extra exclusive?
There are other interesting uses of exclusives these days … qualified exclusives like “morning show exclusive” and “prime time exclusive.” It’s all bogus, and producers know better, the definition is clear, “Shutting out all others from a part or share.”
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As with all scandals, this too shall pass---as soon as DH's ex-wife stops shamelessly doing that crappy publicity blitz(as in inserting her foot in mouth for crappy publicity reasons), that is!
I really don't think DH himself intended for the said video to be leaked to the media at all, and may DH's ex-wife rot in hell.
It's really sad about the video. I mean c'mon people who have problems, they get help and sometimes can fall back a few steps. How do people think this is interesting? And please tell me why his ex-wife would do such a thing? Didn't she once take vows to be with him through sickness and health... etc? It's sad and pathetic. All she is doing (and many others) is showing our children that it's ok to try to get revenge for something. I can't believe people think this stuff is interesting.