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Title: LA Times: Classic Game Shows Give Networks a Summer Break
Post by: pianogeek on June 23, 2016, 09:29:43 AM

Great article featuring ABC's alternative honcho Rob Mills, FremantleMedia North America's co-chief Jennifer Mullin, and CBS Daytime EVP Angelica McDaniel.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-game-show-summer-20160620-snap-story.html

Some personal takeaways.
- I personally loved the fact that Baldwin didn't want to do show without Gene Rayburn's mic.
- Baldwin's talent fee's supposedly $200,000 per episode, most of which is going to arts-related charities, as previously reported elsewhere.
- With many references to Goodson-Todman and when shows were launched, the writer did their homework!