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Entertainment & Sports

Sep. 11, 2001

TV CONTRACT BATTLES JUST ANOTHER L.A. SUMMER RITE

Summertime is rife for TV contract disputes. This year the supporting casts of "The West Wing" and "Becker" caused the fireworks. One cast got what it wanted, the other - who knows?

By Ross Johnson

        It's a legendary rite of summer in these parts. Like smog in Pasadena. Shrimp at Gladstone's. Tommy Lasorda blowing a gasket at Chavez Ravine.
        I'm talking about television actors trying to bust their contracts.
        We all know the drill. Around the beginning of the third-or-so season of a...

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