TOUCHSTONE TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B241137.

208 Cal.App.4th 676 (2012)

145 Cal. Rptr. 3d 766

TOUCHSTONE TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; NICOLLETTE SHERIDAN et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

August 16, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, Aaron M. Wais and Adam Levin for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Baute Crochetiere & Wang, Mark D. Baute and David P. Crochetiere for Real Parties in Interest.


OPINION

WILLHITE, J.

INTRODUCTION

Touchstone Television Productions (Touchstone) hired actress Nicollette Sheridan (Sheridan) to appear in the first season of the television series Desperate Housewives. The agreement gave Touchstone the exclusive option to renew Sheridan's services on an annual basis for an additional six seasons. Touchstone renewed Sheridan's services up to and including season 5. During season 5,...

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