Fox's plans to adapt the late author Jacqueline Susann's blockbuster novel Valley of the Dolls into a TV series has resulted in Susann's estate suing the studio, claiming violation of copyright. Susann's expose of the sleazy side of Hollywood has sold over 30 million copies to date. It was adapted by Fox into a critically-scorned but highly successful 1967 motion picture. That film also boasted a hugely successful title song by Dionne Warwick. The Susann estate claims that Fox has no rights to pursue a TV series based on the novel and points out that the estate had already exercised those rights previously by authorizing a 65 episode syndicated TV series. For more click here