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'Medium' may go to CBS; Series' fate at NBC uncertain
Topic Started: May 17 2009, 11:18 PM (553 Views)
Nubia
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'Medium' may go to CBS
Series' fate at NBC uncertain



If it opts to lose comedy "The New Adventures of Old Christine" to ABC, CBS may gain another veteran series from a competitor, NBC's drama "Medium."

CBS has been mulling a play for "Medium" as the show's renewal talks with NBC had stalled.

The move would mirror last year's leap of "Scrubs" from NBC to ABC.

In both cases, a long-running show that got little respect from NBC went to the network affiliated with the studio behind it -- ABC Studios for "Scrubs" and CBS TV Studios for "Medium."

In both cases, the switch would come after NBC and the producer couldn't agree on the license fee and the size of the order, insisting on a partial pickup.

And in both cases, the conglom that owns the producing studio has a lot to gain by keeping the series running on its own network to boost the series' syndication revenue by increasing the number of episodes produced.

In the case of "Christine," ABC has a deal in place to pick up the comedy for 22 episodes if CBS passes, which is considered unlikely.

source: THR.com
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Rick
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NBC and the producer couldn't agree on the license fee and the size of the order, insisting on a partial pickup.

Didn't they only want to pay RA for 13 episodes when she was contracted for 22?
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Rick
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Forgot to add.

Ghost Whisperer and Medium on Fridays would be awesome
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Nubia
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I love Medium, but I have the way NBC treats the show. So I am all for it moving to CBS. And I agree, Medium and Ghost Wisperer would be a great lineup.
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Why would NBC let Medium go? What a bunch of morons.

CBS really should put it with Ghost Whisperer. That would make alot of sense.
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definitely a good move to pair it with Ghost Whisperer. That way people can avoid CBS fridays like the plague completely, and maybe come check out Dollhouse on FOX.

;-)
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lene
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Good.
to bad they didn't do this when Las vegas was cancelled.
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Drew
May 17 2009, 11:32 PM
definitely a good move to pair it with Ghost Whisperer. That way people can avoid CBS fridays like the plague completely, and maybe come check out Dollhouse on FOX.

;-)
LMAO.
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