Pirate Master

A couple years ago, CBS aired a reality show called Pirate Master. The series' competition revolves around a group of regular people who sail on an old-style ship, take part in pirate-like challenges, and compete to win a million dollar treasure.
Pirate Master wasn't a ratings success and CBS pulled it off the air after eight episodes. The network made the remaining six episodes available online but, as so often happens, many on-air didn't know it. Many viewers were angered and never found out who won the booty and the title of Pirate Master. (For the record, it was the contestant pictured at right; Ben Fagan from Charleston, Sc.)
Now, long after the show was cancelled, creator Mark Burnett is being sued over the series. TMZ has reported that James Papa has filed a $2 million lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against him.
Papa claims that Pirate Master is
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Though Mark Burnett has produced shows as different as "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" and "On the Lot" and "Rock Star," his original credits were on the "Eco Challenge" franchise and many of his subsequent shows have been variations on that theme. "Survivor" is "Eco Challenge" for lazy, scheming people. "Pirate Master" was "Eco Challenge" with swashbucklers (and Christian Okoye). "The Apprentice" was "Eco Challenge" in the urban jungle.  Now, Mark Burnett Productions is behind History Channel's "Expedition Africa: Stanley & Livingstone," which is "Eco Challenge" for intellectually curious viewers. Based on early episodes, "Expedition Africa" is more exciting...
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