Fox ordered to pay $179 million to ‘Bones’ actors, producers

Twenty-First Century Fox was ordered to pay $179 million in a case brought by four “Bones” actors and producers who claimed they were cheated out of their share of profits from the hit TV series.
Actors Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, Kathy Reichs, the author of the novels on which the show was based, and Barry Josephson, the executive producer, alleged Fox artificially deflated the profitability of the show by licensing it to Fox’s broadcast network and the streaming servi