Mo’Nique has filed a lawsuit alleging that Paramount and CBS owe her millions in profit participation from her show “The Parkers.”
The show ran for five seasons on Upn, from 1999 through 2004. The show’s creators — Ralph Farquhar, Sara Finney-Johnson and Vida Spears — filed a similar lawsuit last June, alleging that CBS had engaged in various forms of “financial malfeasance” to artificially inflate expenses and suppress profit payments. The network settled that case out of court in November.
Mo’Nique, whose legal name is Monique Hicks, filed her own suit on Wednesday, repeating many of the claims in the show creators’ lawsuit.
The suit notes that the production company, Big Ticket Productions, and Upn were both owned by Viacom, and alleges that Upn was allowed to pay a below-market fee to distribute the show. The suit also suggests that the show was packaged for cable distribution at below-market rates, further depressing its profitability.
The show ran for five seasons on Upn, from 1999 through 2004. The show’s creators — Ralph Farquhar, Sara Finney-Johnson and Vida Spears — filed a similar lawsuit last June, alleging that CBS had engaged in various forms of “financial malfeasance” to artificially inflate expenses and suppress profit payments. The network settled that case out of court in November.
Mo’Nique, whose legal name is Monique Hicks, filed her own suit on Wednesday, repeating many of the claims in the show creators’ lawsuit.
The suit notes that the production company, Big Ticket Productions, and Upn were both owned by Viacom, and alleges that Upn was allowed to pay a below-market fee to distribute the show. The suit also suggests that the show was packaged for cable distribution at below-market rates, further depressing its profitability.
- 4/13/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Writer-producer Eunetta Boone, creator of the Upn comedy “One on One” and showrunner of Disney Channel’s “Raven’s Home,” died Wednesday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 63.
Boone was found dead at her home of an apparent heart attack. Boone had most recently worked as showrunner on the third season of the Disney Channel series starring Raven-Symone.
“Eunetta was a pioneer and an inspiration to everyone she met,” Raven-Symone said. “She was a masterful storyteller, an empathetic leader and a beacon of light to so many. I’m sending love and my deepest sympathies to Eunetta’s family and friends and all who knew and loved her.”
Boone was a vivacious personality who had a throaty laugh that filled a room and a rapid-fire wit. She was known as a mentor to many writers, particularly aspiring African-American scribes.
Boone got her start as a sports reporter for the Baltimore Sun,...
Boone was found dead at her home of an apparent heart attack. Boone had most recently worked as showrunner on the third season of the Disney Channel series starring Raven-Symone.
“Eunetta was a pioneer and an inspiration to everyone she met,” Raven-Symone said. “She was a masterful storyteller, an empathetic leader and a beacon of light to so many. I’m sending love and my deepest sympathies to Eunetta’s family and friends and all who knew and loved her.”
Boone was a vivacious personality who had a throaty laugh that filled a room and a rapid-fire wit. She was known as a mentor to many writers, particularly aspiring African-American scribes.
Boone got her start as a sports reporter for the Baltimore Sun,...
- 3/22/2019
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
The N, the nighttime network for teens, has acquired Moesha from Paramount Domestic Television with plans to give the half-hour sitcom its cable debut in a two-night marathon starting Jan. 1. The show, toplined by singer-actress Brandy, aired on UPN from 1996-2001. Moesha will move into its regular spot on the N beginning Jan. 3 with back-to-back episodes from 7-8 p.m. ET weeknights. The series -- created by Vida Spears, Sara V. Finney and Ralph Farquhar -- is a production of Big Ticket Television. Viacom is the parent company of the N -- which is available in 43 million households via cable, digital cable and satellite from 6 p.m.-6 a.m. ET -- as well as Paramount and Big Ticket.
- 12/7/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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