# OJ's book, TV show cancelled **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 20, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213 "2006-11-20T22:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/21 "2006-11-21T15:17:58Z")
I have a feeling these will end up in the public anyway. The books have already been printed, they just haven’t been released yet. I don’t know how many were in the first run, but I’m sure it wasn’t a small number. They won’t just destroy them. And the TV interview has already been taped. I’m sure it will end up somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/22 "2006-11-21T15:20:32Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] Wait a sec. . . I’m confused. I thought the book had already been released. [/QUOTE] It’s been ready for release, waiting for the TV interview to kick it off, but was not actually on the shelves yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/23 "2006-11-21T15:28:34Z")
I give it a week to YouTube, tops. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/24 "2006-11-21T15:28:58Z")
[QUOTE=FatBaldGuy] It’s been ready for release, waiting for the TV interview to kick it off, but was not actually on the shelves yet. [/QUOTE] So, what will they do with the copies that have already been printed? ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/25 "2006-11-21T16:22:38Z")
But, wait! How will we ever find out, now, how O.J. would have done it, had he, in fact, done it! ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/26 "2006-11-21T16:25:08Z")
[QUOTE=Lissa] So, what will they do with the copies that have already been printed? [/QUOTE] All the things I attributed to Greta Van Sustren, seemed to be guesses, educated or otherwise. She also added that maybe 400,000 copies were on the way to bookstores when the book was canceled. So they’ll see daylight. But who cares. The only thing I would like to to read about OJ is his obituary. And the sooner the better. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/27 "2006-11-21T16:44:15Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] Huh? I know “conscience” sounds a bit like “common sense” if you have a mouth full of marbles, but… [/QUOTE] Neither applies in this case. It’s profit motive (which is more business sense than of the common variety). While the book and TV special would have drawn viewers, I would suspect that the network would have lost advertisers and fan base. Murdoch is not about to jeopardize his position in the entertainment biz to satisfy some asshole’s ego. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/28 "2006-11-21T16:59:20Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Murdoch is not about to jeopardize his position in the entertainment biz to satisfy some asshole’s ego. [/QUOTE] Unless the asshole’s ego is Murdoch’s. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/29 "2006-11-21T17:06:21Z")
The only thing more pathetic than OJ are his sleazeball lawyers, whining about how his (OJ’s) freedom of speech was supressed! And Murdoch-the only thing this whore regrets is the $1.5 million advance he’s out! ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/30 "2006-11-21T17:18:02Z")
The OJ lawyer I saw interviewed, moaned that there were a lot of other books that are much worse than OJ’s. Too bad the commentator didn’t have the presence of mind to put the shyster to the test: Newscaster: (Leading him on) A lot of them, huh? Sleazeball: Oh yes. Newscaster: Much, much worst? Sleazeball: Certainly. Newscaster: (Deadpan) Name three. There’d have been a lot of harrumphing going on. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/31 "2006-11-21T17:38:31Z")
This NPR audio report says the money, something over 3 million, is to be paid to a third party for the benefit of the children. Apparently the money is yet to be paid, but there is some talk that there will be a suit filed if it’s not paid. > **[Fox Pulls the Plug on O.J. Book and TV Specials](https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6517875)** > > Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation now says it will not publish O.J. Simpson's book If I Did It, and the company won't air a pair of related television specials. The decision comes after considerable controversy and bad press, some of it on Murdoch's... I haven’t checked, but there are supposed to be copies of the book for sale on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/32 "2006-11-21T20:06:05Z")
[QUOTE=BarnOwl] Unless the asshole’s ego is Murdoch’s. [/QUOTE] Well-played, sir. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/33 "2006-11-22T02:04:20Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] This NPR audio report says the money, something over 3 million, is to be paid to a third party for the benefit of the children. Apparently the money is yet to be paid, but there is some talk that there will be a suit filed if it’s not paid. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6517875](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6517875) I haven’t checked, but there are supposed to be copies of the book for sale on eBay. [/QUOTE] Just checked, under “O J Simpson” and “If I Did It”. None so far. Unless they’re giving one away free with every PS 3! :eek: I don’t know if the TV show will ever see the light of day, but _someone_ will sell the book eventually. And, people _will_ buy it. Not me, but lots of other people will. ---
**Author:** ![JacksonRoykirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@JacksonRoykirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacksonRoykirk)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213/34 "2006-11-22T07:27:39Z")
[QUOTE=want2know] Just checked, under “O J Simpson” and “If I Did It”. None so far. Unless they’re giving one away free with every PS 3! :eek: I don’t know if the TV show will ever see the light of day, but _someone_ will sell the book eventually. And, people _will_ buy it. Not me, but lots of other people will. [/QUOTE] There is one copy now on eBay. The current bid is up to $272.35 US. I’m not so crass as to link to it. I’ll let anyone who wants to see it search for themselves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ojs-book-tv-show-cancelled/381213.md?page=1)