Last week, when Annie posted about the series HBO is developing the comedy 'Tilda,' about the life of "a powerful female online showbiz journalist with a no-holds-barred style," the first person I thought of was Nikki Finke, who writes the blog Deadline Hollywood.

In fact, pretty much everyone who works in entertainment journalism thought of Finke; she's reclusive, opinionated, confrontational, litigious, and likes to punctuate news that corroborates with her inside info with a big fat "TOLDJA!" in all caps. So it's not a surprise to think that more than one person had to wonder if Finke was involved in this show, and if she wasn't, would she sic her lawyers after HBO and anyone else within subpoena-shot.

Gawker called Finke, who, in between threats to sue the site's writer and corporate parent, said she'd talk about her involvement (or lack therof) with the project soon. But The Hollywood Reporter managed to find out that Finke wasn't involved, leading to their wondering if Finke has the right to sue over this series.

The answer, like almost everything in life, is "it depends." More than likely, if the character of Tilda is, as HBO claims, a composite of a number of different Hollywood bloggers, Finke won't have much of a leg to stand on. If it seems like the character is too much like a specific person or references too many specific events in that person's life, then Finke may have a case.

It all depends on the execution, but her case will have to be a good one: If Bill and Hillary Clinton didn't sue over 'Primary Colors,' what kind of case would Nikki Finke have over 'Tilda?'