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Try CasePortal for Free[Consolidated.] J. Collins finds that the trial court should have granted all the special anti-SLAPP motions to strike claims that the idea for the television series "Mixed-ish" was stolen. The making of a television series is protected activity, which satisfied the first element of the anti-SLAPP analysis. And the second element was satisfied by the challenger's failure to demonstrate a probability of success on her contract, breach of confidence, interference and misrepresentation claims. The challenger's work showed similarity to "Mixed-ish," but key elements in "Mixed-ish" appeared in the producers' own previous show, "Black-ish," while the "general theme, tone, characters, relationships, settings, and plots demonstrate that the two series are not substantially similar." Reversed in part.