TV & VIDEO - July 24, 1987
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NBC Sports manager Hwesu S. Murray, who proposed a TV series in 1980 about a black, middle-class couple with five kids, does not have grounds to sue NBC for stealing his idea and turning it into “The Cosby Show,” a judge has ruled in New York. Murray’s lawyers said they would appeal the decision dismissing his lawsuit against the network and NBC Entertainment President Brandon Tartikoff. Murray sued the network in 1985 for race discrimination, fraud and breach of implied contract.
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