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Abbott Elementary is the breakout series of the 2021-22 TV season, garnering strong ratings, critical acclaim, and awards love.
Now, a worrying new report has come to light that claims Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of the freshman sensation, is being sued alongside ABC for copyright infringement.
A lawsuit was filed earlier this month by Christine Davis, who alleges that Brunson and ABC infringed on the copyright of her show The School Year.
Davis' scripted was said to be written back in 2018 and was registered with the copyright office in 2020.
Davis is seeking damages and a jury trial.
According to The Wrap, the suit alleges that the two shows are “striking and substantially similar."
This includes the “look and feel of the inner-city school, the mockumentary style, unique plot synopsis, set design and unique characters.”
The suit also notes the “nearly identical” similarities between the scripts’ young teacher characters...
Now, a worrying new report has come to light that claims Quinta Brunson, the creator and star of the freshman sensation, is being sued alongside ABC for copyright infringement.
A lawsuit was filed earlier this month by Christine Davis, who alleges that Brunson and ABC infringed on the copyright of her show The School Year.
Davis' scripted was said to be written back in 2018 and was registered with the copyright office in 2020.
Davis is seeking damages and a jury trial.
According to The Wrap, the suit alleges that the two shows are “striking and substantially similar."
This includes the “look and feel of the inner-city school, the mockumentary style, unique plot synopsis, set design and unique characters.”
The suit also notes the “nearly identical” similarities between the scripts’ young teacher characters...
- 7/18/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
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![Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, William Stanford Davis, Tyler James Williams, Chris Perfetti, Quinta Brunson, and Janelle James in Abbott Elementary (2021)](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZmZmNDVmNTEtMTk5Mi00ZmQ1LWI1ZmItYmVkZDM0YTdlY2Y3XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMTg2ODkz._V1_QL75_UX140_CR0,0,140,207_.jpg)
Days after ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” was nominated for seven Emmys, the network and creator Quinta Brunson were both sued for copyright infringement with a lawsuit Tuesday that claims the hit comedy is a “knock-off” of the plaintiff’s own show.
Christine Davis, an aspiring writer, actress and performer, claimed in a suit obtained by TheWrap that Brunson and ABC used the premise of her show, “This School Year,” to create “Abbott Elementary” and did so without Davis’ consent. Davis is seeking damages of an unspecified amount and a jury trial.
The suit says that the shows are “striking and substantially similar” and that the “look and feel of the inner-city school, the mockumentary style, unique plot synopsis, set design and unique characters” were all modeled off of Davis’ original script, which she wrote in 2018 and registered with the copyright office in 2020, one year ahead of “Abbott Elementary’s” debut...
Christine Davis, an aspiring writer, actress and performer, claimed in a suit obtained by TheWrap that Brunson and ABC used the premise of her show, “This School Year,” to create “Abbott Elementary” and did so without Davis’ consent. Davis is seeking damages of an unspecified amount and a jury trial.
The suit says that the shows are “striking and substantially similar” and that the “look and feel of the inner-city school, the mockumentary style, unique plot synopsis, set design and unique characters” were all modeled off of Davis’ original script, which she wrote in 2018 and registered with the copyright office in 2020, one year ahead of “Abbott Elementary’s” debut...
- 7/16/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
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