I'm not a lawyer, but I have been a plaintiff in many business litigations, and proved myself to be the pro se defendant from Hell in two multi-million dollar lawsuits, from which I walked away for a mere $1,200 after two years of counter-suing and writing all my own pleadings.
Trust me, there won't be any settlement at least until the discovery phase is completed.
I don't think they will risk discovery because if it becomes known in discovery that the Network manipulates the news especially in stories that deal with trials it will be open season on NBC and lawyers will be lining up clients to play the let's sue NBC lotto.