Creator behind new CBS show apologizes for ripping off ‘Bones’

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They say imitation is the highest form of flattery — unless you’re talking about straight up ripping off someone else’s show.

Michael Rauch, showrunner behind the new CBS crime procedural, addressed accusations of plagiarizing from the well-loved and recently canceled Fox crime show, Bones. You see, when Episode 3 of Instinct (not to be confused with the 1999 Anthony Hopkins crime thriller of the same name, or the 1992 crime thriller Basic Instinct) premiered, fans expressed indignation at its uncanny similarities to a plot from an episode of Bones in 2009.

Yeah, heard about this. Very distressing and 100% unintentional. Looking into it and how to make sure it doesn’t happen again. And of course apologies to Bones (and their fans). Thanks for the heads up@HartHanson https://t.co/1ZkgOLQfwc

— Michael Rauch (@Michael_Rauch) April 2, 2018 Read more…

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Why can’t anyone find Amelia Earhart’s bones?

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If Ric Gillespie can’t find Amelia Earhart’s bones, it’s likely no one will.

The bones suspected to be Earhart’s — found on the desolate island of Nikumaroro in the Pacific Ocean in 1940 — haven’t been seen for over 70 years. And at this point, Gillespie, the executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, doesn’t hold out much hope for recovery.

After the bones were carefully measured and analyzed by a British doctor in the region, they disappeared. 

The bones probably kicked around for a few years until they got in someone’s way and they probably just pitched them out,” Gillespie, who is also the author of Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance, said in an interview. “They didn’t receive any kind of dignified burial.” Read more…

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