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British 'I'm a Celebrity' Lawsuit Dropped
« on: Apr 28th, 2003, 9:27am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
British 'I'm a Celebrity' Lawsuit Dropped
Sun, Apr 27, 2003 03:10 PM PDT  
 
 
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - The British company that owns worldwide rights to "Survivor" has dropped a lawsuit against the producers of another reality show, "I'm a Celebrity -- Get Me Out of Here!"
 
Castaway Productions, which owns rights to various versions of "Survivor" around the world, filed suit against "I'm a Celebrity" producer Granada last year, claiming the latter show's format was a copy of "Survivor," which essentially launched the reality TV boom in the United States.
 
Like "Survivor," "I'm a Celebrity" drops a group of people in inhospitable surroundings and has them complete challenges for rewards. The key difference is that in "I'm a Celebrity," viewers determine who is voted off the show, not fellow contestants.
 
The suit was dropped last week, London's Guardian newspaper reports. CBS, which airs "Survivor" in the United States, filed a similar suit against ABC, which broadcast its own version of "I'm a Celebrity" in February and March. A judge threw out the suit in January.
 
Granada executive Paul Jackson is happy with the outcome, saying that his company's show "is an original format devised by Granada, and we are extremely pleased this has now been established in the U.K. and the U.S."  
 
British network ITV is set to begin a second "I'm a Celebrity" this week. The show was a hit in the United Kingdom last summer, but the U.S. version was a flop.
 
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Re: British 'I'm a Celebrity' Lawsuit Dropped
« Reply #1 on: Apr 28th, 2003, 9:36am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
:tup: YES!  I'm glad they dropped that suit and I'm tickled that another round of this version is set to go again.
 
British network ITV is set to begin a second "I'm a Celebrity" this week. The show was a hit in the United Kingdom last summer, but the U.S. version was a flop.  
 
It was a "flop" here?  Maybe,  but I think that's because we were watching a couple of other shows that were already established.  I kept going back to check it out and it wasn't long before I was hooked too.  I hope we get a chance to see the next one.
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