ABC had just one thing to say about the piracy of “Steve Harvey’s Funderdome” by hackers one week ahead of its TV premiere: Don’t forget to tune in on Sunday, June 11.
On Sunday evening, hackers released eight stolen episodes of the reality-competition show hosted by Harvey via piracy site The Pirate Bay.
Asked for comment, a rep for ABC said viewers are reminded that they can watch the series premiere of “Steve Harvey’s Funderdome” at 9 p.m. ET/PT on the network on June 11. That follows the season 3 premiere of “Celebrity Family Feud” at 8 p.m. ET/PT, which Harvey also hosts.Other than that, ABC declined to comment. A rep for MGM Television, which produces the show, declined to comment.
The hacker or hackers behind the “Funderdome” leak — using operatic internet handle The Dark Overlord — in April released 10 episodes of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” to piracy networks after the streamer evidently ignored extortion threats. The Dark Overlord crew purloined the shows after hacking into the systems of audio post-production firm Larson Studios late last year and has…
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