| Re: Breaking The WGA Writers' Strike With Reality TV |
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Group: alt.tv.amazingrace · Group Profile
Author: ObveeusObveeus Date: Oct 28, 2007 16:04
"Rob Jensen" aol.com> wrote:> Also, some of the possible reality shows waiting in the wings are
> sooooo bad (the CW's farmer dating show, for example)
Have you seen it? How do you know it is bad? By 'bad', I mean how do you
know it will be worse than 'Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire' or 'The
Bachelor'?
> that if the
> networks flood the schedule with every reality shwo that comes their
> way just to fill the slots, then they'll oversaturate the market with
> reality shows and more quickly burn out the ones that *have* worked
> (Survivor, TAR, BatG, The Bachelor, for examples).
Hmmm...that might be a good thing. If a 6th month strike all but wipes the
slate clean for reality-TV on primetime, would it really be a problem?
> And in some cases, I wouldn't be surprised if a network were to repeat
> a particular medium-lasting series from the beginning. Say, a
> two-hour block of One Tree Hill starting from season 1 on the CW on
> Monday nights, for example.
How long do the networks retain the rights to air old series? Obviously,
they will likely have to pay additional money for these additional
'repeats', but would they have any ability at all to air shows that have
been sold into syndication? If all the syndicated fare is off the table,
that limits the networks to repeating short lived junk, for the most part,
doesn't it?
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