Filed under: Other Reality Shows , Industry , OpEd , The Apprentice , Survivor Executive television producer Mark Burnett is being sued by his former business partner Conrad Riggs for $70 million. Burnett, a British television producer, is best known for kick-starting the reality television genre in the United States. He's been on the producer and creator train for shows such as Survivor , The Apprentice , Rock Star , The Contender , M artha Stewart Apprentice , Pirate Master , Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader , On the Lot (with Steven Speilberg), and more. So, why is he being sued for the big bucks? Read on past the jump. Continue reading Television producer Mark Burnett sued for $70 million Permalink | Email this | | Comments ...