Scrubs on iTunes?

I am dying without my House. I want to give them cold hard cash, but they are more interested in this power struggle with Apple. Another poor schmuck forced into the gray market of torrenting TV shows.

Reville is not own by NBC, and Ugly Betty is an ABC Studios property.
and what's the point of buying Seinfeld on iTunes anyway, it's on at least 5 channels everyday.

"1. Seriously, so confusing. I dont see why they dont allow a free downloadable show with commercials just like on TV."

I totally agree.

From a marketing perspective it would be BETTER than TV because you get EXACT feedback data as to how many unique people have seen that advertising space.

I'm never paying for a TV show, it's money down the drain.

And to confuse matters even more, Seinfeld was produced at Warner Bros. studios...

Cheers,
FL

Ugly Betty is a production of ABC Television Studios (like Scrubs)--it's not owned by NBC. Yes, Ben Silverman (the current co-chairman of NBC) is an executive producer on the show b/c it's co-produced by his production company Reville, but that company isn't part of NBC.

@ 5 - Seinfeld aired on NBC but is owned by Sony Pictures Television, so it would be up to Sony to put it on iTunes. It runs now on stations/cable networks (like FOX or TBS as you say) in syndication--but that's on an individual basis so TBS and your local FOX affiliate must both have deals with Sony to run Seinfeld (now that it's not on NBC anymore, it doesn't belong to a particular network).

@1 - because the commercials that are sold/packaged for an episode aren't always relevant a week later, and advertisers don't pay for them that way.

@2,3 - wrong. next year is two months away, but you could start seeing fallout from a strike as early as next week for shows like Tonight, Daily Show, etc. Production for this current season's shows isn't complete yet, let alone production for next season's pilots.

And the reason for the convoluted-ness of who produces what and who distributes what is because the shows are (in most cases) created and produced by production companies which have deals with certain studios. So, it's not as if NBC is actually producing a show that airs on Fox, for example, but that the production company has a deal with NBC, and a license to use the show is sold to Fox which then sells advertising.

The reason the industry is slow to change is because the way this industry works has been ironed out over the last 90 years or so and they really have it down to a science. Add x and y at just the right time and you get max profits out the other side of the equation. Because of this, everyone is wary of adding more variables because what they have works so well they don't want to muck with it.

But, everyone is being forced to change with the consumers' demand, so everyone's playing a waiting game, waiting for someone else to try something first to see if it works or not before copying their tactics.

Cheers,
FL

Seinfeld was originally aired on NBC (I assume NBC produced it too, but is now rerun on FOX, TBS, and other networks. Alas, Seinfeld still isn't on iTunes...

oh and when i mean next year... i mean about a year from today

the writers strike wont truly affect us viewers till next year.

Seriously, so confusing. I dont see why they dont allow a free downloadable show with commercials just like on TV.