From: madlove@arkham.dc   
      
   https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/fox-rocked-by-179-mill   
   on-bones-ruling-lying-cheating-reprehensible-studio-fraud-1190346   
      
   In a long-running legal battle over profits from the David   
   Boreanaz-Emily Deschanel hit, an arbitrator's stunning decision calls   
   out top executives Peter Rice, Dana Walden and Gary Newman and could   
   alter the economics of hit shows in the streaming era.   
      
   The decision, made earlier this month but until now a secret, pertains   
   to the Fox-produced series "Bones", which starred David Boreanaz and   
   Emily Deschanel and ran on the Fox network between 2005 and 2017.   
      
   But the 66-page ruling by arbitrator Peter Lichtman, who concludes Fox   
   executives lied, cheated and committed fraud at the expense of the   
   show's stars and executive producer Barry Josephson, is about a whole   
   lot more.   
      
   The nearly $200 million award amounts to the second largest in   
   television industry history, after a 2011 jury verdict punishing Disney   
   to the tune of $319 million over profit-sharing for Who Wants to Be a   
   Millionaire?.   
      
   It will not only put Murdoch's Fox sale in a whole new light, but may   
   also raise questions about the future viability of Hulu, plus any   
   platform enjoying what's pejoratively known as "Hollywood Accounting."   
      
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