“Reelz believed in the show from its earliest iteration,” he told EW.
The original concept of the show is what everyone was interested in."
This EW interview is cited in the filing.

Dan Abrams and Curtis Wilson on ‘On Patrol: Live’; Dan Abrams and Sean ‘Sticks’ Larkin on ‘Live PD’.Reelz; A&E
A spokesperson for A&E declined to comment on the lawsuit.
They are also requesting that the defendants be barred from any further use of AETN’s intellectual property.