Mark Cuban Owes Don Johnson $50 Million (Of Course He Does)

Mark Cuban made a recent appearance on Entourage. He was trying to invest in Turtle's tequila. I mention this fake-fact nugget because Cuban actually does like to invest in lots of zany stuff.

Like one time, he tried to buy the Chicago Cubs. And he spent some money on "high definition" televisions, although who knows how that's worked out for him.

Now, apparently, (via Trey Kerbz at TBL) he owes Don Johnson $50 million from "Nash Bridges."

A judge ruled late Thursday that it was Cuban and [Todd] Wagner's 2929 [Entertainment], along with Rysher Entertainment and investment firm Qualia Capital - operated by Amir Malin and Ken Shapiro - that should foot the bill for money owed the actor stemming from his partial ownership of "Nash," a TV series he co-created in 1995. [...]

"'Nash Bridges' was my idea," Johnson said Friday. "Mark Cuban's company and Qualia took all the profits from the show's syndication. I feel vindicated that Rysher, 2929 Entertainment and Qualia are all being held responsible."

The biggest question here -- obviously -- is how "Nash Bridges" ever, at any point in human history, came to generate more than $50 in profit, much less $50 million.

But let's ignore that for a moment, since, you know, "American Idol" is the most popular television show of all-time, and focus on the fact that, apparently, Cuban and company thought they could get away with just straight ganking Don Johnson's cash. I mean, he's freaking Sonny Crockett.

On the other hand, if the entire production of "Nash Bridges" was an elaborate scheme by Johnson to set up Cuban to be totally embarrassed for trying to steal $50 million from a formerly famous movie star, that would actually make more sense than just about anything else for why it stayed on television for five years.