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CBS sues ABC over claimed ‘Survivor’ infringement
NEW YORK: Reality shows have stirred up debate and controversy in the past. Now the latest issue to have come out relates to possible copyright infringement. US Network CBS Broadcasting has sued rival ABC accusing it of copying the format, look and feel of its highly popular reality series Survivor (airs in India on AXN) for its planned reality television series I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here.
A Reuters report indicates that CBS is seeking unspecified damages and a court order stopping ABC from airing the show in the US. The defendants in the suit are ABC, Granada Plc and Granada Entertainment USA.
In September, ABC and Granada announced an agreement to produce the series. Celebrity, which was broadcast in the United Kingdom in August, directly copies Survivor, the suit states.
The suit says that ABC and Granada have an agreement that Granada will develop and produce 15 episodes of Celebrity for exclusive broadcast by ABC in the United States.
The suit accuses Celebrity of copycating Survivor and trying to unfairly trade on its success. Like Survivor, Celebrity places participants in an unpleasant location. They are then forced to subsist on rice and water and compete in a series of physical and mental challenges .
Each Celebrity episode ends in elimination like Survivor. Further the suit states that the English Celebrity took place in the Australian Outback, the same setting used in the second Survivor cycle. The run was incidentally cut short in India due to protests from environmental organisations.
CBS has also pointed out that at the time of airing British news media referred to the Granada production as the “Celebrity Survivor.” In September, Castaway Productions Ltd, which owns the British rights to Survivor, also began litigation in the United Kingdom against Granada alleging copyright infringement the report says.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
