NBC Sues Dick Wolf over Contract L&Oophole
Dick Wolf by Maury Phillips/WireImage.com
NBC has sued
Law & Order creator Dick Wolf, seeking no monetary damages but instead asking the Los Angeles Superior Court for an interpretation of a contract provision that both sides have been disputing since September.
According to
Variety, NBC contends that an agreement inked in 2004 provides Wolf with one additional year of executive-producer fees after any
L&O incarnation is granted its final one-season order. Or, if the last order from NBC is for two seasons, Wolf gets
no extra coin. Wolf, though, believes he is entitled to a full two-year severance package once a
L&O is not renewed. Says a Wolf rep, "NBC Universal is trying to rewrite an existing contract."
