Alec Baldwin has been cut from the video that will open tonight's Emmy Awards show.

The video is a series of skits that are intended to be a comical look at the world of TV. Baldwin played the president of a fictional network in a bit that included a joke about the Rupert Murdoch phone hacking scandal.

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The Emmys are airing on the Murdoch-owned Fox TV, and the joke didn't sit well with the powers-that-be.

The phone hacking line, which Baldwin called "the funniest," was cut and when Alec found out, he asked that his entire skit be removed from the video, Deadline Hollywood Reports.

Producers made a last minute decision to re-tape the skit minus the offending phone hacking line with Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy.

Word from Fox is that the decision to cut the phone hacking line wasn't made out of fear it would offend Murdoch but because the company takes the matter "very seriously" and did not want to appear to be making light of it by including it in a comedy routine.

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Either way, Baldwin, a nominee for his starring role on 30 Rock, won't be at the ceremony tonight. He's attending the 85th birthday bash for Tony Bennett in New York.

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Did James Murdoch lie during his testimony before Parliament?

British lawmaker Tom Watson, a member of the opposition Labour Party, told the BBC on Friday he will “formally” ask police to investigate a claim suggesting that the younger Murdoch was not forthright when he testified he was not aware of evidence that the phone hacking scandal at the now defunct News of the World went beyond one rogue reporter, who’s now in jail.

During his testimony, Murdoch denied knowing about an email written by the private investigator and marked “for Neville” – an apparent reference to the News of the World’s chief reporter, Neville Thurlbeck.

Rupert Murdoch’s former top executive Rebekah Brooks is now testifying before Parliament in London about the  phone hacking scandal that is threatening to topple Murdoch’s vast media empire.

Her testimony follows a dramatic day of testimony by Murdoch and by his son,  James, during which a man accosted the elder Murdoch,80, and threw a plate of shaving cream at him.

UPDATE: The Murdochs are now testifying before Parliament.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son James will appear before British Parliament Tuesday to be grilled by a special committee investigating alleged criminal activity at the now defunct News of the World, which shut down in disgrace earlier this month after 168-years in business.

Parliament is looking into allegations that reporters at the tabloid hacked the phones of some 4,000 people, including celebrities, politicians, a murdered schoolgirl, and relatives of slain British soldiers – all with the encouragement of top editors in an effort to get scoops for the paper.

The London police Assistant Commissioner John Yates resigned Monday amid the growing firestorm surrounding the phone hacking scandal that is threatening to topple Rupert Murdoch’s vast media empire.

Yates made a decision two years ago to not re-open a police investigation into the alleged phone hacking by the now defunct News of the World, saying he did not believe there was any new evidence to consider. He has said in recent weeks that he regrets that decision.

Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdock’s top executive and close confidante arrested this weekend in connection with the News of the World phone hacking scandal, has now been released on bail.

Brooks, 43, was arrested and detained for twelve hours on Sunday. Her arrest came after she "voluntarily attended a London police station to assist with their ongoing investigation," according to a statement released on her behalf.

UPDATE: The Murdochs have finished their testimony. Top Murdoch executive Rebekah Brooks will testify after a short break.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his son James are being grilled by the British Parliament Tuesday by a special committee investigating alleged criminal activity at the now defunct News of the World.

Parliament is looking into allegations that reporters at the tabloid hacked the phones of some 4,000 people, including celebrities, politicians, a murdered schoolgirl, and relatives of slain British soldiers – all with the encouragement of top editors in an effort to get scoops for the paper.

Rebekah Brooks was sensationally arrested Sunday in London. She's the 10th person arrested in the exploding phone hacking scandal that is threatening to take down Rupert Murdoch's worldwide media empire.

Brooks, who was editor of News of the World at the time a reporter hacked into the phone messages of a murdered teenage girl and went on to become one of Murdoch's top corporate officers, went to a London police station today for a pre-arranged interview. She was unexpectedly arrested on the spot.

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Brooks had been expected to testify before Parliament Tuesday along with Rupert Murdoch and his son James.

The scandal has already moved onto U.S. soil. As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Les Hinton, the CEO of the Murdoch-owned Dow Jones -- publisher of The Wall Street Journal -- has resigned.

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And Hollywood is on board as well. Actor Jude Law has sued Murdoch's Sun newspaper, alleging it hacked into his phone in 2005 while he was in New York.

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