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jimlangefan:
Quick question.  I've been hearing that LMAD isn't airing on BUZZR because of the same reasons TPIR isn't airing in reruns, because CBS isn't allowing them to do it right now.  Has anyone else heard this? 

cmjb13:
Not sure about LMAD, but Roger D. did have an interesting Facebook quote about Price re-runs some time ago

--- Quote ---"I believe that as long as Bob is with us, they will not be showing episodes with fur coats (which were 2 or 3 per week when we had them). In regards to Holly, Bob never had a restriction about episodes with her in them...you might think we did but that was because we didn't like showing her when we had a primetime special and old clips were shown. We felt she caused a lot of harm to our show and we felt that is was inappropriate to include her in a special that celebrated the show. However, this whole question might be mute, because I do not think old Price Is Right episodes were included in the deal. It is my guess that Fremantle is still holding back on them in order to get more money for them. They were pulled years ago from the gameshow network because that network didn't want to pay higher fees. There is also a crazy theory floating around that Fremantle doesn't want to show the old episodes of Bob because it would make Drew Carey look bad and hurt the daytime show.
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I personally believe we are long past the point of CBS caring if the Barker reruns will bite into the Carey audience.

TimK2003:
I'd much rather see Buzzr bring what Cullen TPIR episodes are left to the schedule.  Those were fun to watch in the GSN days.

Considering the recent moves by Buzzr in the last few days, perhaps Original Price might be a possibility in the near future.

MSTieScott:

--- Quote from: cmjb13 on September 06, 2018, 02:29:28 PM ---Not sure about LMAD, but Roger D. did have an interesting Facebook quote about Price re-runs some time ago

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I don't know the reason(s) for the lack of TPIR or LMaD on Buzzr, but the "Fremantle is holding out for more money" theory doesn't hold up now that the discussion is about a network owned by Fremantle.

BillCullen1:

--- Quote from: MSTieScott on September 06, 2018, 06:11:48 PM ---I don't know the reason(s) for the lack of TPIR or LMaD on Buzzr, but the "Fremantle is holding out for more money" theory doesn't hold up now that the discussion is about a network owned by Fremantle.

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Agreed. If I was a Buzzr exec, I'd fight for those two shows to go on the schedule. Monty is well loved and Barker has a huge fan base, most of whom don't know and/or care about his off-stage behavior.

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