Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
What I think is truly bizarre is that when FOX airs a show that 20th produced (I think The Inside is one), they have to PAY THEMSELVES the licensing fees. (I think that's what they're called.)
Now see, that's the interesting question. I understand the production studio and the network are different, but how exactly are they related? Who's higher in the hierarchy? Who's got financial control? And is it the same for The WB/Warner Bros?
You're making my brain hurt.
You're making my brain hurt.
Zombies could help you with that... by EATING it!!!!!
This is why Peter Jackson is suing Warner over LoTR. He's arguing that since Warner sold ancillary rights to LoTR to themselves instead of on the open market, the profits of which he gets a share of is much smaller than it would have been.
This gets into the old FOX vs. 20th C. question.
Right, but they're not going to get angry over the family getting a little time. It's not like Tim put "Joan of Arcadia" on the marquee.
At this point, I kinda doubt they can be domesticated. Mike's going to have a tough time finding anyone willing to put up with them.
He should contact a rescue organization. They probably can be rehabilitated but they will need a professional to do it.
About the Inside...my housemate saw the 1st and 3rd eps and after each she shuddered and said she thought it was too creepy for her to watch. And today she's all THE INSIDE TONIGHT!! THE INSIDE!!!! WOOO!
We caption a lot of NBC shows and for each episode we have to split bill--half to NBC Universal in LA and half to NBC-NY. Same company, but for some weird bookkeeping reason, that's how they do it.
We caption a lot of NBC shows and for each episode we have to split bill--half to NBC Universal in LA and half to NBC-NY. Same company, but for some weird bookkeeping reason, that's how they do it.
It makes it easier for management accounting, forecasting and reporting within the separate units. Not that I would know anything about that.
It's important to allocate your costs between your subsidiaries correctly so you can tell which ones are giving you a good return and which ones are costing you more than outsourcing and so forth. Shell messed that up pretty bad back when they were all vertically integrated - the refineries bought crude at a fair market price but sold it to (wholly owned subsidiary) retailers at an artificially low price. Mgmt looked at the numbers and thought that refining wasn't making anymoney, so didn't build more plants. Which is one reason gas prices are high today - regardless of the suppky of oil, the refining process is a bottleneck reducing the supply of gasoline to consumers.
I'm sure there are similar decision making processes at work in film/tv production.
And that's the most I've used my MBA in a year. Sad, really.
(Heh, an all-Tamara x-post)
Who's got financial control?
Uncle Rupe