ATTN JMS TNT scheduling & contractual obligations

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From: "Charles French" <superfag at mediaone.net>
Date: 30 Dec 1999 17:34:03 -0700
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Dear Joe,

I've recently started working in TeeVee Distribution and when we make a deal
for syndication of a show there are specifics as to when and how often it is
to be aired.  Is this not the case with TNT?  I ask because they've moved B5
around so much and are now only going to show one EP a week at 7am on
Saturdays.  Doesn't their contract specify a time slot and number of plays?
Does WB have the right to recapture if TNT doesn't live up to the deal?
>From what I've learned in my short time in Domestic TV Distr.. those are all
pretty standard clauses (from what I've seen) of a syndication deal.  Is
there anyway to force them back to M-F in Early Fringe? (that's 3p-7p for
non TV folk).

Thanks for taking the time to read this. And thanks for the greatest story
ever told.

Charles - who has refrained from gushing about how wonderful a writer you
are.




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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 31 Dec 1999 03:06:57 -0700
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>when we make a deal
>for syndication of a show there are specifics as to when and how often it is
>to be aired.  Is this not the case with TNT? 

Apparently it wasn't done, especially since this is not syndication, but cable.

 jms

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