And, from the “End Of Ideas” newsdesk…
A new reality television show on A&E about the life of actor and martial arts expert Steven Seagal became the subject of a federal lawsuit filed on Monday in a dispute over who thought up the idea for the show.
Now, you may be thinking, as we are, who in the world would take CREDIT for such an idea?
A&E Television Networks is suing California-based Genuine Entertainment, claiming that Genuine has wrongly asserted the idea for the reality show was stolen from Genuine by A&E after a series of meetings between the two parties.
During several meetings in 2007, a representative for Genuine Entertainment had proposed ideas for a reality show involving Seagal. But those ideas were different from “Steven Seagal: Lawman,” A&E claims in its lawsuit.
The cable TV network said it later learned that Genuine’s claim that Seagal had agreed to work only in a show for Genuine was untrue, and so A&E pursued the actor directly.
The suit said Genuine wrote to A&E in August seeking money and threatened to file legal claims for breach of contract.
A&E seeks a court declaration that it cannot be held liable for making the show because the show is separate and exclusive from the ideas Genuine brought to A&E.
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