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A sports reality show?

Jeffrey Katzenberg, Mark Burnett and Sylvester Stallone, creators of NBC's "The Contender" which debuts tonight, are hoping that their boxing-based reality show will hit the mark. It’s still iffy as to whether the TV viewing public will be interested in watching 16 pugilistic hopefuls after FOX television’s “The Next Great Champ” which was aired and cancelled last November, flopped miserably. Time will tell if “The Contender” makes it to the twelfth round.