Cochran

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

The Price is Right is the nation’s longest running television game-show. Appellant The Price is Right Productions, Inc. produces the show. Appellant FremantleMedia North America, Inc. owns appellant The Price is Right Productions, Inc. We refer to both companies collectively as “FremantleMedia.” For each episode of The Price is Right, FremantleMedia books three models to appear on-camera with the show’s host. Historically, the show’s producers chose the three models from a larger pool of about a dozen free-lance models. Cochran joined the show’s pool of models in 2002. Cochran’s stage work was highly regarded, and she became part of the show’s “A- Team” of models. The A-Team models were the five best models and appeared on the show more often than models who were not on the A-Team. No model was guaranteed work on the show, and although Cochran belonged to the A-Team, she was hired per episode like the other models. Some months, the show’s producers booked Cochran for two or more weeks of shows, and other months they did not book her at all. Cochran never worked on the show for more than 600 hours a year, and during her last full year on the show in 2008, she…