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

Obveeus wrote:
> "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.

Isn't the studio producing 'Scrubs' and ABC owned by the same mega-corp, 
Disney?

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