[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 01:34 PM\'][quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Jan 26 2004, 01:23 PM\'] All-American distributed the syndie version?
Never knew that. [/quote]
In its first couple of seasons,
Feud was distributed by LBS. This brings up two questions, albeit better suited for the Closing Logo Group, but...
1) When did All-American acquire MGP?
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1996, actually, IIRC. The Goodsons announced that they were selling the company allegedly to pay off estate taxes (more likely because outside of the lottery franchise they only had "TPIR" left on the air). King World and Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video sent out feelers, but All-American ended up purchasing the company. A-A was acquired by Pearson in 1997, who then spunoff their TV holdings to RTL in 2001, with the resulting company renamed FremantleMedia. Jonathan Goodson kept ownership of the lottery franchise and started his own company, which has outside of the lottery franchise not really had any success since then.
2) How did Feud end up an All-American property? Was LBS absorbed into AA or what?
LBS went bankrupt. A-A purchased LBS' assets, including this little show about lifeguards that bombed on network television but was big overseas that was about to re-launch in first-run syndication. Something called "Baywatch."