Mo’Nique Sues Paramount And CBS For Unpaid Royalties From ‘The Parkers’

The Oscar-winning actress and comedian is now seeking unpaid royalties from her hit series The Parkers in a court case against Paramount Studios, CBS and Big Ticket Production (the show’s production company). Hicks Media Inc. (she and her husband’s media company) filed a breach of contract lawsuit yesterday in the Los Angeles Superior Court I just want the contractual compensation that I’ve earned,” Mo’Nique says. The Parkers, which was a spin-off series from the hit show Moesha, a staple in the Black community. It helped make Mo’Nique a household name. The show ran for five seasons on UPN, which is now the CW and had over 100 episodes, which appeared on the station from 1999 to 2004. Though there have been major financial benefits for the producers and and distributors of the show, the series’ talent have unfortunately not shared in the fruits of that success. It has been exposed that the show’s writers and creators have similarly been underpaid. The hit sitcom continues to rerun on several different networks to this day. On Wednesday, the legendary comedian and Oscar winner filed a lawsuit stating she has unpaid royalties over her sitcom The Parkers. the suit is for breach-of-content, citing the media giant’s impact on the show’s profitability to “retain millions that would otherwise be contractually due” to Mo’Nique and her company. Her company is Hicks Media, which is owned by Mo’Nique and her husband/business partner Sidney Hicks.

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