Legal threat for US 'Celebrity Survivor'
American TV network CBS and the producers of Survivor are threatening legal action against a planned American version of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!
Executives at CBS, which shows Survivor, said that I'm A Celebrity... in which eight minor celebrities braved the Australian outback to raise money for charity, is too similar in format to their show.
They are now tryng to stop plans by US network ABC and UK producers Granada, to bring the show to American screens.
Lawyers for CBS have told both companies that they have until Wednesday to promise, in writing "that they will not broadcast or license in the United States any programming based in whole or part on the Celebrity series."
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I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here saw the likes of Tony Blackburn, Tara-Palmer Tomkinson, Nigel Benn, Darren Day, Nell McAndrew and Uri Geller stranded in the Australian jungle.
[Erik says: Uri Geller? My god! Think of the advantage his team would have in the "Bending Spoons for Matches" challenge! Mind you, I'm waiting for Pokemon Survivor, where Uri would have to face UnGeller for a million dollar prize....]
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