June 30, 2006
[flashback] 2:13 AM
This makes me feel ... remarkably old. For its final night of broadcast (September 17th, a Sunday) The WB is going to re-air the pilots of (in this order) Felicity, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Dawson's Creek, as well as peppering the night with classic promos and image campaigns.
The most interesting fact of all in the Variey article, is that the WB no longer has rights to any of the shows. It had to rengotiate with Sony, Buena Vista, Fox, and with the cable networks that currently rerun the shows (TNT, TBS, FX, WE).
The shows' creators, producers and studios were game for the idea. But because all of the shows come from outside the WB's Warner Bros. parent, Ancier and company had to find a way to make it attractive for those outside studios to license the shows for a night.
Solution: All the studios involved will get a free on-air promo of the DVD collections of their respective skeins.
Beyond that, Sony Pictures TV (which produced "Dawson's Creek"), Touchstone/Imagine ("Felicity") and 20th Century Fox TV ("Buffy" and "Angel") waived the usual license fee; the WB was required only to pay the necessary residuals.
It's so rare that Hollywood gets along...its almost enough to warm your heart...
That is pretty cool! I'm not going to watch Dawsons, but I'm definitely going to try to catch Angel and Buffy, and maybe Felicity.
Posted by: sarah sarah at June 30, 2006 12:00 PMWould you go so far as to say it warms the "cockles" of your heart?
Posted by: Andy at June 30, 2006 1:53 PM(1) They should air Angel after Buffy, natch.
(2) Felicity!!!
(3) How often do you walk the dog, Dawson??? *gasp* Katie Couric???
