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BUZZR Lost and Found 2020
Chelsea Thrasher:
I know previews of new acquisitions are shiny and exciting but honestly? The schedule's in a pretty good place at the moment as long as you don't take it for granted, and the money they could use for acquisitions (and most of what's left out there isn't going to be cheap) and time/money spent on transfers could easily be used to continue to bolster their existing lineup.
Would it be amazing if they could make a deal with MGM for Marshall or Davidson's squares? Absolutely (caveat: Outside of stuff like Whew, Davidson's run of HS is one of the 2-3 shows I want to see again most and yes that's personal taste or a lack thereof); something like Celebrity Sweepstakes turning up would be incredible as a fan but likely cost more than the return on that money. And clearing up the licensing and legal issues with Hasbro to run Scrabble? Hoo boy.
You know what else would be phenomenal to see? Any of the seven years of TTTT/six years of WML they haven't run. Super Password from the last couple of years. Is the 1990 run of Let's Make a Deal available? (Co production and Disney issues could complicate this). Password Plus from the Tom Kennedy era. Even something like Family Feud w/ Dawson, they've never run anything on the regular schedule prior to February 1980. Or go the other way and run the 1994 series. If they want something a bit newer, what about the 2002 Beat the Clock reboot? It was honestly really good and they made quite a few episodes of it. It'd be nice to see Bill Rafferty's two series get some love.
There's so much unmined material just within whatever they already have or probably have that they could keep it totally in house for a while still and still freshen up large swaths of the schedule.
golden-road:
--- Quote from: Chelsea Thrasher on September 02, 2020, 02:45:35 AM ---Is the 1990 run of Let's Make a Deal available? (Co production and Disney issues could complicate this).
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I've always wondered who owns LMaD'90. I've read for years that Disney themselves own it, but couldn't that be confusing it for the other Clark/Greenberg show that was on the air at the time?
JMFabiano:
--- Quote from: golden-road on September 02, 2020, 10:43:01 AM ---
--- Quote from: Chelsea Thrasher on September 02, 2020, 02:45:35 AM ---Is the 1990 run of Let's Make a Deal available? (Co production and Disney issues could complicate this).
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I've always wondered who owns LMaD'90. I've read for years that Disney themselves own it, but couldn't that be confusing it for the other Clark/Greenberg show that was on the air at the time?
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Similarly I'd ask if anything distributed by 20th Century Fox now partially fell into Disney's hands (thinking Liars' Club, for instance). But...Sony has the original $100K Pyramid despite Fox syndicating it. Still, there's other shows whose syndicators provided a block to reruns (see: CBS = Cullen Pyramid; Colgate-Palmolive = $50K; [EDIT] NBCUniversal and Peter Rodgers with Davidson $100K. Paramount with D. Davidson PIR...assume that would now be CBS Television Distribution too...)
Chief-O:
--- Quote from: golden-road on September 02, 2020, 10:43:01 AM ---I've always wondered who owns LMaD'90. I've read for years that Disney themselves own it, but couldn't that be confusing it for the other Clark/Greenberg show that was on the air at the time?
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I just pulled up an ep. on YouTube, and I didn't see any Disney/Buena Vista logo at the end (just the mention of Disney/MGM Orlando as the taping location). I'm sure there's probably some confusion with "The Challengers" somewhere.
I'd probably think that between the 2 production companies, DCP would probably (still) hold the rights. But then again, Fremantle may have gotten a hold of it along with the other previous incarnations....?
PYLdude:
The Davidson Pyramid, if I’m not mistaken, is split because they changed distributors and production companies in between seasons. At least part of it would be in possession of NBCUniversal (the second season) through succession. The first season was an Orbis Communications property, so I would assume whoever owns the distribution rights to Joker 90 also is in possession of that.
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