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Jay Temple:
You may have read by now that GE has merged with Vivendi Universal to become NBC Universal. If you noted that information, then you probably also know that GE owns NBC. I read in an article on the merger that one of Vivendi's holdings is the USA Network. The USA Network has at various times included game shows in its line up. (The last two that I know of are \"Smush,\" which I heard was terrible, and \"Strip Poker,\" which I saw firsthand was terrible.) So, there is at least a faint hope that NBC, which has not let GSN air Scrabble, Concentration or any number of other favorites, might possibly put some of those shows on one of its new sister channels! Mind you, I have heard nothing of any plans to do so; I'm just saying there's a glimmer of hope.
Jimmy Owen:
No chance. Universal has enough movies in its backlog to supply USA into the next millenium.
Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'Jay Temple\' date=\'Oct 9 2003, 10:50 AM\'] You may have read by now that GE has merged with Vivendi Universal to become NBC Universal. If you noted that information, then you probably also know that GE owns NBC. I read in an article on the merger that one of Vivendi's holdings is the USA Network. The USA Network has at various times included game shows in its line up. (The last two that I know of are "Smush," which I heard was terrible, and "Strip Poker," which I saw firsthand was terrible.) So, there is at least a faint hope that NBC, which has not let GSN air Scrabble, Concentration or any number of other favorites, might possibly put some of those shows on one of its new sister channels! Mind you, I have heard nothing of any plans to do so; I'm just saying there's a glimmer of hope. [/quote]
Freemantle is holding Scrabble back, not NBC.
joshg:
NBC is probably going to treat USA like the stepchild: \"repurposing\" all of those *great* NBC hits (such as \"Coupling\" and \"Whoopi\") for us ad nauseum.
Think of it as NBC Lite...
JOSH
GS Warehouse:
[quote name=\'matchgame\' date=\'Oct 9 2003, 12:29 PM\'] NBC is probably going to treat USA like the stepchild: "repurposing" all of those *great* NBC hits (such as "Coupling" and "Whoopi") for us ad nauseum.
Think of it as NBC Lite... [/quote]
Random thought: With NBC and USA joining forces, I shouldn't count on looking for Monk reruns on ABC anymore.
ObGameShow: From what I've heard of Dick Clark's recent creations, let's hope American Dreams stays around for a while.
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