Wendi:
Please tell me that the TWIT-com (entitled, TWITS) I pitched to you in April 2009 did not serve as your inspiration for CBS’ Twitter-based sit-com, $#*! My Dad Says. The timing is, to say the least, coincidental. You agreed to take our pitch based on a teaser we sent you with an overt reference to what we called a “TWIT-com.” You knew the show was Twitter-based. Obviously, you didn’t have a pile of TWIT-coms on your desk when we pitched you. While you passed on the project, the timeline and the Twitter-based sit-com concept seem a little too familiar.
No need to get legal involved here. A simple disavowal will suffice. No need for us to send this story out over the wires, set-up a website and really let the world know the chronology behind the aforementioned matter. We can accept rejection. We cannot accept people taking credit for innovative ideas, the inspiration for which came from another source. I think we both know the source for what Nina Tassler said is, "the first ever show based on a Twitter feed in comedy."
I hope you have the professional courtesy and moral fortitude to respond personally. No response would speak volumes.
Thanks again for your consideration of TWITS, America’s first TWIT-com.
Sincerely,
Bill Singletary