The Pellicano Beef

A Studio Boss and a Private Eye Star in a Bitter Hollywood Tale - New York Times:

"'It's about little people being pushed around,' she [Linda Doucett, Garry Shandling's ex-girlfriend] said."
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"Mr. Grey, she testified later, called one day to let her know that she might be called as a witness. He then made an offer that seemed heavy-handed, she recalled in an interview: 'He said, "Are you ready for your own series?"' Mr. Grey, who would go on to produce "The Sopranos" a year later, also assured Ms. Doucett, 'You're like family to me,' she recalled."

Reading this account of threats and promises surrounding the Garry Shandling Show, Mr. Shandling, his agent and the show's producer Brad Grey (now head of Paramount) and one-time Clinton PI Anthony Pellicano, I was reminded of the movie Quiz Show which tells the true story of the rigging of the NBC quiz show Twenty-One (as big a hit as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ever was when it aired in the 1950s). It seems nothing much has changed in the television industry.

BTW, the story mentions in passing as a witness to a part of this story Gavin de Becker, a security consultant and friend of Garry Shandling. He is also the author of a book I highly recommend, especially to single women, called The Gift Of Fear.