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Entertainment & Sports

Apr. 9, 2010

Pilot Season Keeps Lawyers Busy

The pilot season has been busy for talent lawyers because major networks have ordered a lot more scripted shows. Industry consolidation, combined with the number of actors looking for work, has given the networks considerable leverage.

By Jean-Luc Renault

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - The weather isn't the only thing that heats up in Los Angeles every spring. This is the season when actors looking to become the next television sensation begin auditioning for the casts of dozens of network pilot shows.

That means work for attorneys representing talent heats up too.

This pilot season so far has been busier than usual. The major net...

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