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Long-Awaited Legal Drama 'Suits: LA' Focuses on Ted Black | Stay Tuned for Details!
EXCLUSIVE: NBC's Suits: LA was picked up to series the day after the 20th anniversary of Entourage's premiere, and it has a lot more in common with the HBO showbiz comedy than it does with an Los Angeles setting. They also both feature lead characters who are inspired by — and named after — a top Hollywood agent.
Entourage's uber-agent Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) is modeled after Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and is well-established and part of TV lore. But it's a little-known fact that Suits: LA's central character, Ted Black, played by Arrow alum Stephen Amell, was inspired by prominent CAA agent and former ICM Partners managing director Ted Chervin — and the original incarnation on the project was even named Ted.
“Ted Black is Ted Chervin,” says Literate’s Dennis Kim, former agent and current manager of Suits and Suits: LA creator Aaron Korsh.
