Is getting rid of Two Broke Girls worth $86m, Channel Nine?
With the Nine Network paying $86m for Warner Bros to not show certain series, Aaron Ryan asks was it money well spent?
At its annual general meeting earlier this year Nine Entertainment Co announced that the Warner Bros. contract had been renegotiated so the network would not be forced to purchase unprofitable and under-performing series it would then have to air for the duration of each series’ life.
To make this change, the network will be required to pay $86 million dollars over the next two financial years, on top of payments already made this financial year. Has the network really saved any money amending this contract and are there any major changes to programming that will affect viewers?
It is important to note that Nine ended its contract with Warner Bros. some time ago, meaning this ‘renegotiation’ was for ‘leftover’ series that were either still in production or have episodes still to play out. Nine claims it affects 20 shows, as detailed in its statement below.
Nine has confirmed to me it will keep The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise series for 9Life.
Nine Did’nt even give Gotham a Mention, just the First Season aired in Australia, So It’s Likely Future Seasons will be Sold.
That is one of the shows that Nine did not keep under the renegotiation. So Gotham is on the open market.
Yeah but they still would have had to pay for it right? What about Arrow and The flash aren’t they also warner bros shows?
No. That is the point. They WERE paying for it but with the renegotiation of the deal, they have a ‘get out’ pass to not screen the remainder of seasons for certain shows – so they no longer will screen Gotham, nor Arrow. The Flash never premiered on Nine, however, if they ever did have the series they have got out of that too.
Gotham was on FTA? I didnt even know. I found out about the show from Netflix.
Gotham aired on Nine and then on 9GO. The show is now on the open market.
Perhaps Nine could acquire The Goldbergs?
Goldbergs already air on both Seven and Universal Channel
Bring Grimm back to Australia I say!
That will return to Seven later.
How/where can we watch 2 Broke Girls in 2017?
Nowhere at the moment. I guess we await an announcement from Foxtel if they pick it up or another commercial station.
Can’t believe that they;re keeping all the reality TV dross and then say the future is in Australian content. Sure, that’s bordering on the oxymoronic?
Two Broke Girls is back on Nine, contrary to the headline of this article. Yes Nine dumped their WB contract, but they obviously hung on to Two Broke Girls.