The battle between Live PD and On Patrol: Live producer Big Fish Entertainment and A&E Television Networks is heating up.
Big Fish has hit back at the lawsuit filed by the cable networks group in August, calling it “meritless” and laying out the reasons why.
The Amazon/MGM-owned production company has filed a motion to dismiss in the U.S. District Court Southern District of New York.
The crux of the issue is whether On Patrol: Live, which became a ratings success for Reelz, was a “clone” of Live PD, which was canceled by A&E in June 2020 in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing. “In 2020, A&E decided to cancel the show, wrongly believing that the public’s interest in live police programs had waned.
Read more on deadline.com