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zachhoran:
[quote name=\'HSquares2003\' date=\'Nov 13 2003, 08:03 PM\'] Have I read correctly the last time GSN ever aired TPIR(in any way,shape, or form) was 2000? Geez, you think Frechuckle and GSN would have compromised by now.... [/quote]
 They haven't gotten it as yet. It seems to be the only classic show GSN wants to get. And if they do, who wants to bet we'll see a more recent season than a Johnny Olson-era season?

Don Howard:
Exactly how did the network lose the rights to air The Price Is Right?

Dbacksfan12:
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' date=\'Nov 14 2003, 12:03 AM\'] Exactly how did the network lose the rights to air The Price Is Right? [/quote]
 The contract expired in April of 2000; and the management did not renew.

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uncamark:
[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'Nov 13 2003, 08:13 PM\'][quote name=\'HSquares2003\' date=\'Nov 13 2003, 08:03 PM\'] Have I read correctly the last time GSN ever aired TPIR(in any way,shape, or form) was 2000? Geez, you think Frechuckle and GSN would have compromised by now.... [/quote]
They haven't gotten it as yet. It seems to be the only classic show GSN wants to get. And if they do, who wants to bet we'll see a more recent season than a Johnny Olson-era season?[/quote]
I still suspect that Barker just doesn't want to see Dian Parkinson or Holly Hallstrom (or Marc Breslow, for that matter) collecting even meager cable residuals--and that his bosses at Fremantle don't want to send residual checks to Janice Pennington or Kathleen Bradley-Overton (they can't do anything about Paul Alter, since he gets regular GSN residual checks as it is).  Just conjecture, but that's my guess--and remember that when the contract first ran out, GSN seemed to be in a strict "no acquisitions" mode.  If they'd bothered to renew the contract, they probably would've renewed it as was.  Coming back a couple of years later allows Fremantle or Barker (or GSN, for that matter) to bring up more points of contention.

JayC:
is GSN allowed to air Truth or Consequences?  Barker hosted that afterall.

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