Survivor in the News

It looks like Survivor producer Mark Burnett may need counsel - and not of the tribal kind.

The reality TV mastermind is being sued by his former business partner, Conrad Riggs, who claims Burnett reneged on a profit-sharing plan the two had. Riggs says Burnett agreed to hand over ten percent of the profits on his prime time shows - which include The Apprentice as well as Survivor. Apparently Burnett paid up through 2007, when he decided he wanted a new payment plan.

Of course, this is all he said, he said, as there is no written contract between the two. (What were they thinking?) Apparently Riggs helped Burnett get into TV and advised him on how to pitch TV execs. Who knows? Maybe there's a new show idea in all this - you know, "Survivor: Small Claims Court." Or maybe Judge Judy can look for an apprentice?

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