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I got 2 for ya.

Rats! (2025 film) and Killing Mary Sue.

Great indie movies.
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rate my marketing
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Show: Family Guy
Language: Mandarin
Country: Taiwan
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Show: Smiling Friends
Language: Spanish
Country: Mexico
November 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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YOU JUST MESSED WITH A WRONG GUY
#captainwayne
November 10, 2024 at 11:30 AM
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History: ABC/CC invests on the MTV Networks jointly with Viacom (before they eventually take THEIR stake) and comes in to purchase DreamWorks in whole following their struggle in the 2000s and eventually sets them up to be a solid 7th competitor in Hollywood
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Eclipse Media (formed in 2002 from ABC/Capital Cities and DreamWorks SKG, with some support by Liberty Media)

Assets include:
- DreamWorks/Miramax (Film)
- ABC (broadcast)
- ESPN (sports)
- MTV (music/animation)
- Nickelodeon (kids & family)
- Manga Ent. (anime)
- Mirage (comics)
- Starz (prem.)
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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alright here's my shot at this

#buildyouraltconglomerate
Because life has been rough lately, and will keep being rough, let’s play a game.

What kind of game? A game of time travel, history, media landscapes, and some creativity.

#BuildYourAltCongolmerate
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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“But Rocky and Bullwinkle and Underdog were still distributed by the Program Exchange!“ Oh, the Program Exchange? The barter syndicator? The one that provides programs to TV channels for free in exchange for General Mills ads? THAT program exchange?
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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And Voltron was completely MIA, sizzle reel or otherwise! For a channel about exploiting Classic Media‘s retro library, they really didn’t exploit the retro library that well.
a cartoon robot is flying through the air with his arms outstretched
ALT: a cartoon robot is flying through the air with his arms outstretched
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November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Alright, I won’t know rerun channels too much.

But I’ll say this- PBJ didn’t air as many reruns as they should.

Where were Rocky and Bullwinkle? Underdog? Felix the Cat? Gumby? They were on the sizzle reel, but not the channel!
PB&J Sizzle Reel
YouTube video by pbjtv1
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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I know a couple of soap operas have FAST channels too. General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful have them across many platforms. I'm surprised Sony hasn't launched FAST channels for Days of our Lives and Young and the Restless yet considering they have full intact libraries.
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Yeah, if you want new content everyday, that's YouTube's, Twitch's & even Tiktok's arena. Old media wasn't built on endless churn, but endlessly valued IP. Even the relatively churny daily game, talk & variety shows all have active FAST channels. Maury, Price is Right & more, looping forever.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Also, 98% of what's on major cable networks even today are reruns.

95% of what's on SVOD streamers are reruns.

Four out of five of the biggest shows on streaming are reruns. Some decades old.

The biggest thing on Tubi right now? Looney Tunes.

Biggest show on Peacock? Gunsmoke. I'm not kidding.
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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They could have easily rechristened the OTA channel NBC Family or some nonsense and be seen in every major media market with a wider footprint.

And don't knock rerun channels.

You DO know basically ALL major diginets are rerun channels and have strong viewership nationwide.

Including MeTV Toons.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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True, but I feel if NBCU really wanted to, they could have bought out Luken's stake in PBJ, expand it across their O&Os, and have an outlet that would have brought in families where they could expand programming for an audience seemingly abandoned by NBC for decades.

I'd be better than LX.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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To play devil's advocate here, PBJ was a rerun channel that aired almost exclusively on low-power affiliates in the middle of nowhere and couldn't even breach 10% of households. It was practically a mercy kill at this point
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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Haters say what:
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Also, consider spatchcocking the turkey, especially if you have a convection oven. It takes work, but it cooks faster (or gives a chance for your ill-thawed bird to cook more evenly,) and the result is juicy and delicious. Just get ready to put your whole weight on that bird, maybe even cleaver it:
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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You could make a whole documentary with all of NBCU's attempts at kid blocks and networks

- Universal Family Entertainment Network
- USA Cartoon Express and Action Extreme Team
- Sci-Fi Cartoon Quest/Animation Station
- Qubo
- KidsCo
- Syfy Kids
- Sprout
- Universal Kids
- DreamWorks Channel
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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They could have filled up the schedule with older NBCU shows like they did on KidsCo, but the US kid market isn't as receptive to reruns of cancelled shows, especially pre-HD shows, as the markets KidsCo was in. (Just ask the Hub.)

And you can't launch a new kids block with only one show.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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K-9 was clearly meant to be a Syfy Kids US launch program, but the launch fell through and they were contractually obligated to air the show anyway.

As for why it fell through? K-9 was the only show of this nature around this time, so it was probably the only show they managed to get.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Conspiracy theory: I think Syfy Kids Mark II was supposed to roll out in the states as well, as evidenced by Syfy randomly picking up kids series/unofficial Doctor Who spinoff K-9 and burning it off on Christmas 2012, followed by a few other airings in 2013, usually at 5 AM.
K-9 Christmas Marathon | SYFY
YouTube video by SYFY
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November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Syfy Kids Mark II wouldn't last long- KidsCo as a whole would shut down at the end of 2013 in Europe and early 2014 elsewhere, after NBCU took full control of Sprout.
KidsCo Eastern Europe - Final Closedown / Shutdown (English Audio) - December 31, 2013
YouTube video by Migueliano Media - Official Channel
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November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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But then in 2013, the brand launched for real, this time on KidsCo, in a rare case of NBCU contributing to the network. One original short series was produced, Zuzu and the Supernuffs, on a lineup including Back to the Future, The Mummy, DinoSquad, Di-Gata Defenders, and even Earthworm Jim.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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This is also why the Syfy Kids logo was seen on De Blob 2. When THQ shut down, the cartoon was scrapped, and Syfy Kids attempt one never saw the light of day.
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM