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"NBC bosses have emerged victorious in a lawsuit launched by a writer claiming to have created the concept of My Name Is Earl. Mark Gable sued the network back in 2008 after alleging that the now-cancelled sitcom ripped off a script of his entitled Karma, which he shopped around to TV bosses in 1995.  The legal challenge detailed a number of similarities between Karma and the pilot episode of My Name Is Earl, both of which feature a main character who attempts to correct his wrongdoings after becoming cursed by a lottery win.  Gable also claimed during the suit that he showed his script to a talent agency representing writer Brad Copeland, who would later go on to co-produce My Name Is Earl. However, a Los Angeles district court judge dismissed the case in February after ruling that the two shows were not &amp;quot;substantially similar&amp;quot;, The Hollywood Reporter writes. My Name Is Earl, which starred Jason Lee and Jaime Pressly, ran on NBC for four seasons between 2005 and 2009.  Lee confessed last November that he misses working on My Name Is Earl.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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