Writer Accuses CBS Of Using His Program Pitch As Inspiration For Its New Show, $#*! My Dad Says

Online, September 29, 2010 (Newswire.com) - FORT LAUDERDALE - As CBS readies the premier of it much heralded sit-com, $#*! My Dad Says, a South Florida writer is saying plenty about how he claims CBS 'borrowed' his idea for the Twitter-based show. The writer is launching an all-out $#*! CBS Says multimedia campaign next week - including Twitter - lambasting CBS and its VP of Comedy Development, Wendi Trilling, for the network's alleged misappropriation.

"Wendi and CBS's wrong-doing are laid out in black on white on our website, www.bleepcbssays.blogspot.com," says writer Bill Singletary, who says his agent pitched Trilling a Twitter-based sit-com in April 2009. Trilling passed on the project that same month. In November 2009 CBS announced plans for the Twitter-based $#*! My Dad Says.

"Any reasonable man or woman can look at the evidence and timeline and see for themselves the nefarious nature of Trilling and CBS' intent," said Singletary. "There's little worse in the creative community than using someone else's idea as inspiration for your own benefit without conferring similar benefit - or credit - on the source of the inspiration."

Asked if his campaign might inadvertently provide CBS good publicity for $#*! My Dad Says, Singletary responded, "No good can come of theft. Ultimately, CBS loses out."

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