05-07-2008, 10:23 PM
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Hank
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Local Date: 10-13-2008
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Re: That Girl! Season 4
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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi
Not to be a killjoy (honestly!) but this is one of those series which makes me believe almost anything can make it to DVD. Not saying THAT GIRL is a bad show, but you've got to wonder what kind of potential audience something like this has. So, there's hope for all shows of this period!
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There are so many factors involved in what makes it to DVD and what doesn't. For one thing, this was a fairly successful show, running 5 seasons and then having a long life in syndication. For another, and very important factor, it's controlled by Marlo herself. Therefore it was available to be licensed to an independent distributor. They might be able to make a profit and keep releasing a show that sells a few thousand copies whereas some major could sell 50,000 of something and consider it a failure. You can't play that game, "if this comes out then that means such and such should come out". It just doesn't work that way. Independently owned - pretty good chance of seeing many of these shows at some point. Paramount - they own a lot but release a lot. Fox, Warner, Sony and MGM - I think we've seen almost everything from them we'll ever see pre-1980. Universal - the only old shows we can expect are those that came out in the collectors' world on 16mm.
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