Word: cbs
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...CBS and Survivor Productions, though, it's copyright infringement, and they're suing over similarities both structural and aesthetic, including the use on "Boot Camp" of "romantic landscape photography and picturesque shots of wildlife." (Have those been patented?) And they've also got an industry tale to tell that says a lot about why so many TV shows, reality and non-, look so much alike: CBS passed on "Boot Camp" first...
...According to the lawsuit, "Boot Camp" producers LMNO pitched CBS on the show last June, with one twist: The drill sergeants - those real-life Marine "save the drama for yer mama" guys with the big hats - would do the voting...
...Interesting. CBS passed...
...defendant.) And the voting off by drill sergeants - the one thing besides the military setting that might have made the show different and refreshing, not to mention more realistic - was one of the first things to go. Contestants would vote each other off. That was what worked for CBS. That was what "Boot Camp" would...
...Mark Burnett and CBS didn't invent social Darwinism, and Fox's lawyers may be able to wriggle out of this one on universal-themes grounds alone. But what would have happened had they gone the other way, and put the real power in the hands of the drill sergeants...