Re: FOX's "Terminator" preparing for season 2

"Dimensional Traveler" <dtravel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> shawn wrote:
>> Not really, since most of these business units run as individual
>> companies. So the movie might do great business for the movie side of
>> the house but none of that revenue will show up in the television side
>> of the company. So neither side cares if the other is putting out a
>> new product or not since it doesn't show up in their bottom line.
>>
>> I agree it's a stupid thing from a company standpoint, but it's the
>> reality for many studio companies.
>
> Different megacorps do it different ways.  But one needs to keep in mind

> the various anti-monopoly/anti-collusion laws in the US.

Someone will need to explain:  why can a show like 'Scrubs' move to ABC
and 
'give away' the episode license fee just to increase the syndication
episode 
count, but charge NBC if they want more episodes.