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ilb4ever2000

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« Reply #15 on: February 20, 2007, 05:24:19 AM »
Who owns the rights to the original Lingo episodes, anyway?
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« Reply #16 on: February 20, 2007, 12:07:47 PM »
[quote name=\'ilb4ever2000\' post=\'146428\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 04:24 AM\']
Who owns the rights to the original Lingo episodes, anyway?
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It's the same company that syndicated the "Cross-Wits" revival.  I forget the name but Burt Rosen, a veteran syndication guy, was involved somehow.
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #17 on: February 20, 2007, 01:18:35 PM »
[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'146448\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 12:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'ilb4ever2000\' post=\'146428\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 04:24 AM\']
Who owns the rights to the original Lingo episodes, anyway?
[/quote]

It's the same company that syndicated the "Cross-Wits" revival.  I forget the name but Burt Rosen, a veteran syndication guy, was involved somehow.
[/quote]
ABR Productions. Stood for A. Burt Rosen, from what I read. The logo for his company was just as low-budget as his shows. :-P
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ilb4ever2000

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« Reply #18 on: February 20, 2007, 07:41:23 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'146451\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 01:18 PM\']
[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'146448\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 12:07 PM\']
It's the same company that syndicated the "Cross-Wits" revival.  I forget the name but Burt Rosen, a veteran syndication guy, was involved somehow.
[/quote]
ABR Productions. Stood for A. Burt Rosen, from what I read. The logo for his company was just as low-budget as his shows. :-P
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I can't imagine ION would go out of its way to get Lingo. It must now be owned by someone ION's got a programming deal with: CBS, Warner, NBC Universal, or Sony.
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« Reply #19 on: February 20, 2007, 08:50:18 PM »
[quote name=\'ilb4ever2000\' post=\'146479\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 08:41 PM\']
I can't imagine ION would go out of its way to get Lingo. It must now be owned by someone ION's got a programming deal with: CBS, Warner, NBC Universal, or Sony.
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You would think that since NBC/U still has a stake in ION (or did they give that up while it was still i?), and they're looking to rerun a game from years ago, that they would just rerun Classic Concentration. NBC owns it, there are more episodes to air and thus cheaper, no?
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ChuckNet

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« Reply #20 on: February 20, 2007, 09:37:36 PM »
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'146451\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 01:18 PM\']
[quote name=\'uncamark\' post=\'146448\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 12:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'ilb4ever2000\' post=\'146428\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 04:24 AM\']
Who owns the rights to the original Lingo episodes, anyway?
[/quote]

It's the same company that syndicated the "Cross-Wits" revival.  I forget the name but Burt Rosen, a veteran syndication guy, was involved somehow.
[/quote]
ABR Productions. Stood for A. Burt Rosen, from what I read. The logo for his company was just as low-budget as his shows. :-P
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One wonders if ION would consider pairing Lingo w/CW 86, since they were both distributed by the same outfit, and a block would make more sense in terms of keeping viewers watching.

On the non-GS front, wouldn't mind seeing The Wonder Years and Welcome Back Kotter again...the latter hasn't been seen since a brief spell on one of the now-defunct regional MSG Metro Channels several yrs ago.

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« Reply #21 on: February 20, 2007, 11:24:15 PM »
Kotter aired for a short time on WB and i after on Metro, as well.

That was the only thing I ever watched on Metro, besides Knick and college basketball games.
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« Reply #22 on: February 21, 2007, 12:49:12 PM »
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Kotter aired for a short time on WB and i after on Metro, as well.

It was also briefly on TVLand earlier this decade.  I think they aired it for a while in their "TVLand Kitschen", which aired at midnight on the weekends.
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« Reply #23 on: February 21, 2007, 03:47:04 PM »
NBC U still owns a minority interest in Ion, but they haven't been actively involved in the company since they and Paxson had a little dustup a few years ago when when they chose to buy Telemundo instead of buying him out.  The NBC-owned stations stopped airing repeats of their newscasts on Pax/i/Ion stations eons ago.
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The Ol' Guy

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« Reply #24 on: February 21, 2007, 05:48:46 PM »
...it could very well be that this version of LINGO could be picked up for a song. Or maybe just the first verse. IIRC, many years back in something like B&C or Electronic Media, I saw a small box ad toward the back - maybe even in the "classified" section, reading like: Looking for inexpensive overnight programming? Then five small "spotlights" cut through the black, revealing L I N G O, then the distribuitor name and phone number. Anyone else remember that?

Oh..and I gave it a 10 also.
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« Reply #25 on: February 21, 2007, 07:54:50 PM »
[quote name=\'ChuckNet\' post=\'146487\' date=\'Feb 20 2007, 09:37 PM\']On the non-GS front, wouldn't mind seeing The Wonder Years and Welcome Back Kotter again...the latter hasn't been seen since a brief spell on one of the now-defunct regional MSG Metro Channels several yrs ago.[/quote]
American Life TV airs Welcome Back, Kotter on Saturday nights.  Then again, I'm probably one of the few who get American Life TV, let alone have heard of it.
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« Reply #26 on: February 21, 2007, 08:04:29 PM »
[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'146608\' date=\'Feb 21 2007, 07:54 PM\']
Then again, I'm probably one of the few who get American Life TV, let alone have heard of it.
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Is that the network that used to be GoodLife?
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« Reply #27 on: February 21, 2007, 08:08:42 PM »
[quote name=\'MikeK\' post=\'146608\' date=\'Feb 21 2007, 07:54 PM\']American Life TV airs Welcome Back, Kotter on Saturday nights.  Then again, I'm probably one of the few who get American Life TV, let alone have heard of it.[/quote]
Well now I'm bummed that DirecTV doesn't carry American Life TV, which reminds me of what TV Land or even FX were at the beginning, before they could afford to start catering to a younger crowd.  The lineup looks like a lot of fun for a boomer like me.  This is also the sort of operation that could easily be picking up some cheap game show packages that not even GSN would bother with.  Classic Hollywood Squares would be right at home there.
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« Reply #28 on: February 21, 2007, 09:33:11 PM »
Hey, American Life even employs a former game show host.

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« Reply #29 on: February 21, 2007, 09:40:07 PM »
[quote name=\'JasonA1\' post=\'146621\' date=\'Feb 21 2007, 09:33 PM\']
Hey, American Life even employs a former game show host.[/quote]
Boy, THERE'S a guy with a long, long career on the periphery of the industry.  I was a big fan of his PBS show in the mid-eighties, and I'm so glad we finally have a surviving copy of Generation Gap to enjoy.

OK, one more reason I wish I got this channel.
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