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Quokka · 28th November 2007, 06:06 AM

TV Channels dropping shows or buying the rights and not using them is another big pain. Channel 7 in Australia has the rights to Scrubs, one of my favourite shows and yet they only ever show it late at night and in dribs and drabs, you never quite know when its going to be on and when it is its never in sequence.

I think partially thanks to the internet and also the popularity of buying TV shows on DVD, its now easier for TV companies to see how much support is out there for shows and how much of a reaction there is to a show being cancelled. Futurama (and I think Family Guy?) was cancelled and then revived afterwards. Glad to here Jericho has been given atleast half a chance to finish the storyline.

28th November 2007, 06:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
Quokka wandering Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia, Western Australia Posts: 1,195	Re: control of viewing TV Channels dropping shows or buying the rights and not using them is another big pain. Channel 7 in Australia has the rights to Scrubs, one of my favourite shows and yet they only ever show it late at night and in dribs and drabs, you never quite know when its going to be on and when it is its never in sequence. I think partially thanks to the internet and also the popularity of buying TV shows on DVD, its now easier for TV companies to see how much support is out there for shows and how much of a reaction there is to a show being cancelled. Futurama (and I think Family Guy?) was cancelled and then revived afterwards. Glad to here Jericho has been given atleast half a chance to finish the storyline.