'The Walking Dead' creator Frank Darabont sues AMC for seasons 2, 3, and 4 profits

The Walking Dead is the most watched show in America, but the network and the creator responsible for the hit series are in a heated legal battle. After one season as showrunner of the show, Frank Darabont was sacked by AMC. Now in season four, The Walking Dead has maintained its success and Darabont is suing AMC for profits.

"AMC's conduct toward Frank to date has been nothing short of atrocious," Darabont's lead lawyer Dale Kinsella explained earlier this week. "Unfortunately, the fans of The Walking Dead have suffered as well by being deprived of his creative talent."

THR reports:

The suit, filed Tuesday in New York state court and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, hints that a standoff over Darabont's profit participation, which has been brewing since February 2011, might in part explain his abrupt dismissal in July of that year, only weeks into production of Walking Dead's second season and two days after he had appeared at Comic-Con to promote the show. AMC never explained the firing publicly or, according to the suit, to Darabont himself. AMC premiered Walking Dead in October 2010 and it quickly became the biggest show on cable. Rising again in its fourth season, the zombie apocalypse drama now averages a staggering 13 million viewers -- 8.4 million of them adults 18-49. The haul in the pivotal advertising demographic solidifies its status as the highest-rated scripted series across television, and on several Sundays this fall it even outperformed NBC's Sunday Night Football.

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