As Shohei Ohtani leads the Los Angeles Dodgers to this year’s World Series, Lionsgate Television has found it challenging to set up its scripted series about the phenom’s gambling scandal. According to one source close the project, acquisition executives are concerned that taking on the project might damage their parent companies’ current or future relationships with Major League Baseball.

Disney, Apple and Warner Bros. Discovery have media rights deals with the league worth hundreds of millions each year. Netflix and Comcast are themselves in advanced negotiations for their own pacts. Paramount, which has NFL and UFC rights, is also considered a natural home for baseball.

As Shohei Ohtani leads the Los Angeles Dodgers to this year’s World Series, Lionsgate Television has found i

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