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ChrisLambert!:
You can count every \"SportsCenter\" done over the years as a single program - with at least one (and usually three) per day since 1979, that can add up to 20K+*. Throw in ESPN2's \"Sportsnight\" (not \"Sports Night\") and ESPN's \"Up Close\", \"Sports reporters\" et al, and that's quite a hunk of video (albeit not a lot of it is probably up for repurposing.)
*Assuming they were all saved from the early days. I'd love to see the premiere w/George Grande in its entirety sometime.
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Sep 30 2003, 10:49 AM\'] [quote name=\'inturnaround\' date=\'Sep 30 2003, 08:18 AM\'] One notable exclusion is any NFL games. The NFL is notorious about NFL Films being the prism through which its history is viewed. [/quote]
BUT...those NFL Films productions air on...ESPN.
So the chances of seeing pertinent regular season games is poor, but at least you'd be able to see those season summary programs, as well as the NFL Films Super Bowl shows.
And I've caught them running non-playoff baseball games that originally aired on NBC. So their deal with MLB must involve some archive access. [/quote]
But what you don't see is the original telecast. You don't get to see/hear Pat Summerall and John Madden in their prime waxing philosophically about the Giants and Bears. While NFL Films will occasionally augment their footage with radio calls to add a more local flavor, you don't get to see the game the way it was originally shown.
I could add more, but then again I live in an area without an NFL team. (Five bucks cyber$$ to the first one to point out, \"Wait a minute. You live in Chicago.\")
Doug
uncamark:
[quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Sep 30 2003, 08:08 AM\']I remember seeing a commercial for TVLand several years ago which claimed \"our library is packed with 25,000 episodes...\" I never saw a complete list of what they had, but I find that number a little hard to believe considering most hit drama and comedy series might do between 100 and 200 at most. They would have to have a LOT of stuff to get up to 25,000![/quote]
On the other hand, considering that Viacom's holdings currently include the back libraries of the Big 3 networks' original syndication divisions, *plus* the holdings of Paramount, Desilu, NTA/Republic, MTV Networks, TNN, CBS News, Group W/King World, Spelling and distribution rights to TPE/Rysher programs owned by Mark Cuban (pant, pant)--and feature films and the Terrytoons library on top of that--that number could be very close, even if you take out the shows that are licensed to other channels and the titles of genres that TV Land would probably not program.
ObGameShow: Oh yeah, there have to be *some* game shows in there.
clemon79:
[quote name=\'ChrisLambert!\' date=\'Sep 30 2003, 10:20 AM\'] *Assuming they were all saved from the early days. I'd love to see the premiere w/George Grande in its entirety sometime. [/quote]
Oh, they have it. They used footage from it on an HBO 2-part series called \"Play By Play: A History Of Sports Broadcasting\" that I would dearly love to get my hands on so I could watch it again. ESPN also used it on their own retrospective of the show when they celebrated their 20th birthday a couple years ago.
I was pleased to see that George Grande is still working, as the regional voice of the Cincy Reds.
Chelsea Thrasher:
[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Sep 30 2003, 02:44 PM\'] [quote name=\'Ian Wallis\' date=\'Sep 30 2003, 08:08 AM\']I remember seeing a commercial for TVLand several years ago which claimed "our library is packed with 25,000 episodes..." I never saw a complete list of what they had, but I find that number a little hard to believe considering most hit drama and comedy series might do between 100 and 200 at most. They would have to have a LOT of stuff to get up to 25,000![/quote]
On the other hand, considering that Viacom's holdings currently include the back libraries of the Big 3 networks' original syndication divisions, *plus* the holdings of Paramount, Desilu, NTA/Republic, MTV Networks, TNN, CBS News, Group W/King World, Spelling and distribution rights to TPE/Rysher programs owned by Mark Cuban (pant, pant)--and feature films and the Terrytoons library on top of that--that number could be very close, even if you take out the shows that are licensed to other channels and the titles of genres that TV Land would probably not program.
ObGameShow: Oh yeah, there have to be *some* game shows in there. [/quote]
I know one for certain that the Big V has.....Uncle Bill's $25K Pyramid.
Viacom, per what I'm told, has the rights to pretty much every last sitcom and drama (Dosen't count Soaps) ever made that isn't entirely held by another net (And some of THOSE are leased from Viacom), plus, at least a few game shows, and most likely some soaps too....
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