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Arts, Briefly
Klugman Sues Over ‘Quincy’
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Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Published: March 31, 2008
Jack Klugman, below, who often uncovered foul play when he starred for years on television as a medical examiner on “Quincy, M.E.,” has decided that there is something fishy about NBC Universal’s handling of the money from the show. So he sued NBC Universal on Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Klugman said his 1976 contract with NBC entitled him and his company, Sweater Productions, to 25 percent of the net profits of “Quincy,” which ran from 1976 to 1983 and was rerun afterward. “I recently heard that they made $250 million, and it’s still on TV in Germany,” said Mr. Klugman, 85. “I don’t want their money. I want my money. I worked my tail off. I got up at 4 in the morning and stayed at the studio. I did rewrite. I edited.” He said that his copy of the contract was lost when his agent died and that NBC refused to provide a copy. According to the lawsuit, NBC provided Mr. Klugman with an accounting statement showing that the series lost $66 million through 2006. Mr. Klugman said he believed that NBC was lying and that the series made money. NBC did not reply immediately to a request for comment
Arts, Briefly
Klugman Sues Over ‘Quincy’
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Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Published: March 31, 2008
Jack Klugman, below, who often uncovered foul play when he starred for years on television as a medical examiner on “Quincy, M.E.,” has decided that there is something fishy about NBC Universal’s handling of the money from the show. So he sued NBC Universal on Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Klugman said his 1976 contract with NBC entitled him and his company, Sweater Productions, to 25 percent of the net profits of “Quincy,” which ran from 1976 to 1983 and was rerun afterward. “I recently heard that they made $250 million, and it’s still on TV in Germany,” said Mr. Klugman, 85. “I don’t want their money. I want my money. I worked my tail off. I got up at 4 in the morning and stayed at the studio. I did rewrite. I edited.” He said that his copy of the contract was lost when his agent died and that NBC refused to provide a copy. According to the lawsuit, NBC provided Mr. Klugman with an accounting statement showing that the series lost $66 million through 2006. Mr. Klugman said he believed that NBC was lying and that the series made money. NBC did not reply immediately to a request for comment