[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Nov 21 2005, 09:15 PM\'][quote name=\'remlap\' date=\'Nov 21 2005, 02:08 PM\'][quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Nov 21 2005, 09:05 PM\'][quote name=\'mmb5\' date=\'Nov 21 2005, 01:01 PM\']Just read the Variety article:
*This is a Freemantle thing in association with Granada. So I would assume only Freemantle shows, since I do not believe Granada owns any U.S. formats.
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To break it down, Granada, thanks to mergers, owns "Golden Shot" (an ATV show) and "Bullseye" (Central, ATV's successor). I guess Fremantle owns "Take Your Pick" by virtue of Thames being formed out of a merger of Rediffusion and British ABC--you know how they own the other shows in the UK version.
Ralph Andrews did have the U.S. rights to "Golden Shot," but they probably expired a long time ago and Mark Phillips, the guy who now owns the Andrews formats save "Liars' Club," probably doesn't have that one in his collection.
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Not they dont Granada which is now all but really a production arm of ITV plc doesnt actually own the licences to any of the old back archives Carlton bought up, Carlton does.
Old shows that are bought up by "Hellton" are still said to be from them (ATV/ITC Stuff)
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But isn't ITV plc a merger of Carlton and Granada? Are Carlton and Granada still kept as separate production and syndication units?
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Exactly right mate.