Seven Network Issues Summons to Former ‘Sunrise’ Exec Producer Adam Boland Over His ‘Brekky Central’ Tell-All [VIDEO]
Seven Network has summoned former “Sunrise” exec producer Adam Boland in court over his upcoming tell-air memoir “Brekky Central.”
The channel fears that Boland’s book may breach the confidentiality agreement the TV producer signed with them during his 14 years at the network. Boland made “Sunrise” a top morning program before he left in February 2013.
Seven wants an advanced copy of the book to ensure that Boland did not write any damaging revelations during his time with “Sunrise.” However, the book’s publishers said they don’t send out early copies unless the courts have ordered them to. Therefore, Seven has issued a summons for preliminary discovery in court.
Melbourne University Press has responded to Seven with a statement.
“We are renowned for publishing books with spine. We stand by this very personal book and the author,” CEO Louise Alder said.
“Brekky Central is a celebration of television. Adam Boland, one of the industry’s wunderkind, takes us inside the dream factory. He is brutally frank about himself, the highs and lows and the personal cost of success. Brekky Central will be read by many fans of breakfast television, an army of sensitive media executives and overworked life coaches around the nation. It is a book of our times.”
A source also told the Guardian Australia that Seven has little to fear from Boland’s tell-all book as it is more about his personal journey than it is about the network’s secrets.
“There is nothing in the book that A Current Affair will do as a story,” the publishing insider said. “It doesn’t set out to reveal how Kochie secretly hated Mel or anything. Everyone should just calm down.”
Boland also created the talk show “The Morning Show,” which debuted at number one on Seven. After leaving “Sunrise,” he went to rival Channel Ten to launch the breakfast show “Wake Up.” The show failed to pick up viewers, and Boland resigned after suffering a breakdown in January 2014.
“Brekky Central” will be released in November.