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ABC‘s reality series The Glass House is long forgotten following a low-rated run last summer, but the legal battle that it triggered is just now coming to an end. CBS announced this morning that the network has “reached a settlement in arbitration with the parties in The Glass House legal dispute.” CBS in May 2012 sued…

They say people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones but that hasn't prevented an ABC VP and the producers of the network’s The Glass House from firing back at CBS in the courts. The reality show's executive producer Kenny Rosen, producer Michael O'Sullivan and ABC's Vice-President of Alternative…

There was a lot of reality and a lot of Ramsey on television Monday night. ABC's The Glass House (0.9/3) wrapped up its first season with Toledo police officer Kevin Braun the $250,000 winner. Up 29% from last week, the once legally embattled show, which debuted on June 18, has generally floundered in the ratings…

It isn't over in the legal battle between CBS and ABC over The Glass House. Despite a number of legal setbacks, CBS is still pursuing its claim that the ABC reality show is a rip-off of its Big Brother. Earlier this week, following a Magistrate Judge's June 26 denial of a fast discovery process, the network submitted…

The Bachelorette (2.2/6) had its tell-all episode last night with the guys who didn't make Emily Maynard’s cut. The show was down 12% from last week and tied a season low (with the exception of specials). Still, last night's episode — the last before July 22's finale — was Monday’s most-watched show with more than 7…

ABC's The Bachelorette (2.5/7) pared down to the final two hopeful guys as it heads towards its July 22 season finale. However that didn’t help the shw pick up traction, as it was flat with last week. The fourth week of The Glass House (1.1/3), on the other hand, was up 10% from last week's show — though that was…

CBS was today denied their request for a fast discovery process in the network’s lawsuit against ABC's Glass House. This comes less than a week after a District Court judge in the case (read it here) refused CBS' request for a temporary restraining order to stop production and broadcasting of Glass House, which…

The cracks are starting to show in The Glass House (1.2/3). The second week of ABC’s legally contested reality show was down 20% from its June 18 debut, which scored a 1.6/4. Opening ABC's night at 8 PM, The Bachelorette (2.2/7) hit Prague but stumbled, down 4% from last week. That ties a series low for the…

UPDATE: ABC and CBS issued statements in response to the judge’s decision not to grant CBS a temporary restraining order against ABC and its Big Brother-esque new reality series The Glass House. ABC: We’re pleased the Court agreed with ABC’s arguments that The Glass House is a very different show and people working in…

Just like CBS’ failed 2003 attempt to block ABC’s short-lived Survivor-esque I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, CBS’ unsuccessful legal challenge to ABC’s Big Brother-like The Glass House may have been much ado about nothing. Despite extra publicity from the legal tussle, the new ABC reality series opened modestly…

In another turn in the Glass House case, ABC late Friday opposed as "overbroad" a CBS request for the network and the new reality show's employees’ correspondence. On May 10 CBS sued ABC, Keep Calm Productions and various former Big Brother producers claiming that The Glass House is a rip-off of their Big Brother.…

2ND UPDATE 4PM: ABC has issued the following statement in response of CBS’ filing: “We believe there is no merit to this lawsuit. The differences between Glass House and Big Brother are both fundamental and obvious, ranging from Glass House's interactive elements and audience participation to its deployment of cutting…