A poker show on NBC that actually did worse in the ratings than a re-run of "Finding Nemo" is the subject of a ridiculous $85,000,000 lawsuit -- which is about a mil for each person that watched it.
A guy named Brandon McSmith claims he came up with the idea for a show where wannabe poker players compete against pros (who were hidden behind doors) for a chance to win a seat at the World Series of Poker.
Smith claims he pitched the idea to a company called Poker Productions -- but they rejected it.
Fast forward two years -- a show called "Face the Ace" popped up on NBC where contestants "select a pro from behind four smoked-glass doors." And guess who created it? Poker Productions!
The grand prize on the NBC show -- a cool mil.
Even though the show is so awful it has been relegated to Saturday afternoons, McSmith wants $85,000,000 in damages.
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I wish they'll be big fined on these bull craps sites. Good luck and sue them for good!!!!!!! before i love to watch it, but now i hate it. B/c this bull crap sites are ripped off, don't believe anything they said on TV's.
Yeah, what a terrible show.. Check out how bad it is in this clip I found.. I pretty much wanna gag http://www.jeejuh.com/?u=21012
IS THIS GREEDY WOMAN ALSO WILLING TO SHARE IN THE INCREDIBLE $$$$ (real) financial LOSSES NBC suffered for putting this POS "program" on the air?
THE CONCEPT WAS DUMB from the get-go -- JUST ASK JOAN RIVERS if SHE'D watch (or Melissa would watch) SUCH A SHOW?
Did it "star" the ungracious uncouth Apprentice wanna-be ANNIE DUKE>? No wonder it sank to the bottom ratings-wise.
Go for it, Brandon!!! I never have forgiven NBC (Nauseating Bean Counters) for dropping Star Trek way back when. And this Poker Productions bunch sounds just like NBC's kind of people. They're all thieves and scoundrels.
