[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jun 5 2005, 04:40 PM\'][quote name=\'dmota104\' date=\'Jun 5 2005, 01:23 PM\']Let's not forget when the Bob Goen-hosted
Perfect Match was sued by
The Newlywed Game folks. Same when Goodson/Todman, producers of
Password, sued Ralph Andrews' team over
You Don't Say.
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And none of these are shows aimed specifically at a black audience.
It sounds racist, I know. However, the whole thing behind BET and Black Family Channel and what not is the notion that programming aimed towards their primary audience is underrepresented on "traditional" television, and I would think the PR backlash one "historically black" television show trying to knock another one off the air would have to endure wouldn't be worth the trouble, and they would be better served just letting sleeping dogs lie.
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Depends of the source. Since BFC and TV One were supposedly created to partially right the wrongs of BET (basically, hip-hop videos with lots of hootchie and bling-bling and shows with raunchy standups--well, raunchy for basic cable), if they could do something that could show up BET, they would--especially since it's now owned by Viacom, a.k.a. The Man. (Of course, Comcast owns part of TV One, but...)
On the other hand, yeah, I don't see Don Cornelius' people filing a lawsuit against Robert Townsend and BFC any time soon. Race aside, it just wouldn't be worth it, since Goodson could've very well sued Cornelius on the Scramble game in the first place.