‘Matlock’ Creator & Writers Sued for Hostile Work Environment … Allegedly Made Racist, Sexually Explicit Remarks

TMZ has obtained a lawsuit filed Wednesday by
John Lowe, who says he was hired back in 2023 as an executive story editor on the show. Lowe claims “Matlock” creator
Jennie Urman Snyder and writers
Nicki Renna and
Jeffrey Lieber “fostered a writers room environment permeated by sexually explicit and discriminatory conduct” … and he says much of it was directed personally at him.

In the filing, Lowe says he experienced “repeated racially and sexually offensive conduct” and claims he was ultimately fired in 2025 in retaliation for complaining about a particularly offensive comment.
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Lowe, who’s Black, claims when he asked last June if the show would be observing Juneteenth, Snyder responded by referring to the holiday with a racial slur, calling it … “C***teenth.”
He claims Snyder verbally fired him just 13 days later — after the show went on hiatus — and says there was no written notice or justification for the termination.
In the lawsuit, Lowe also claims Renna once made racist and sexist comments about one of the show’s Black cast members,
Eme Ikwuakor, allegedly saying … “Eme can barely read” and “Eme’s [big, black c***] saves him.”
He claims the environment on set was also sexually inappropriate, saying Snyder and Lieber had previously commented on how tight his clothes were, and about how his shoe size meant he was “well-endowed down there.”
Lowe says Renna once called him late at night and told him she was in bed and only had underwear on. He also claims she “graphically” described her sex life and the size of her husband’s genitalia in front of him, even though they’d recently had anti-harassment training.

Hollywood types think no rules apply to them. Harvey Weinstein was not unique.

and just like that, kathy bates is retired.

It’s Paramount so she’ll probably be promoted to head of programming.