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Mega-successful production company responsible for ''Baywatch'', although [[Reality TV]] and [[Game Show|Game Shows]] are their stock in trade. Bought out the entirety of Pearson's television division (which had been partly owned by them anyway), who in turn had bought out All-American Television. They all had essentially the same management, though. |
Mega-successful production company responsible for ''Baywatch'', although [[Reality TV]] and [[Game Show|Game Shows]] are their stock in trade. Bought out the entirety of Pearson's television division (which had been partly owned by them anyway), who in turn had bought out All-American Television. They all had essentially the same management, though. |
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Fremantle owns all formats and libraries formerly held by [[Mark Goodson|Goodson-Todman]], [[Sale of the Century|Reg]] [[Scrabble (TV)|Grundy]], [[Let's Make a Deal |
Fremantle owns all formats and libraries formerly held by [[Mark Goodson|Goodson-Todman]], [[Sale of the Century|Reg]] [[Scrabble (TV series)|Grundy]], [[Let's Make a Deal|Hatos-Hall]], and [[Second Chance|Bill]] [[Press Your Luck|Carruthers]]...which adds up to a whole lot of footage. They even authorized DVD compilations of ''[[Family Feud]]'', ''[[Password]]'', ''[[Match Game]]'', ''[[The Price Is Right]]'', and ''[[Game Show Moments Gone Bananas]]''...although further ones for ''[[Tattletales]]'', ''[[To Tell the Truth]]'', and ''[[What's My Line?|What's My Line]]'' didn't happen due to BCI going out of business. |
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Fremantle strongly dislikes the [[Unions in Hollywood|Writer's Guild]], often clashing with them over jurisdictional beefs since they think game/reality shows don't have writers...even though they do, with ''[[Jeopardy |
Fremantle strongly dislikes the [[Unions in Hollywood|Writer's Guild]], often clashing with them over jurisdictional beefs since they think game/reality shows don't have writers...even though they do, with ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' and ''[[The Singing Bee]]'' as just two of the many examples. |
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They're also frequent recipients of flack from classic [[Game Show]] fans for [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|making unreasonable and unnecessary changes to their shows]]; said flack is rarely, if ever, without merit. |
They're also frequent recipients of flack from classic [[Game Show]] fans for [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|making unreasonable and unnecessary changes to their shows]]; said flack is rarely, if ever, without merit. |
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* ''America/<insert country here>'s Got Talent'' |
* ''America/<insert country here>'s Got Talent'' |
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* ''[[American Idol|American/<insert country here> Idol]]'', and its predecessor, the UK's ''Pop Idol''. |
* ''[[American Idol|American/<insert country here> Idol]]'', and its predecessor, the UK's ''Pop Idol''. |
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* ''[[The Apprentice (TV)|The Apprentice]]'' |
* ''[[The Apprentice (TV series)|The Apprentice]]'' |
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* ''[[Baywatch]]'' |
* ''[[Baywatch]]'' |
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* ''[[The Bill]]'' (by subsidiary Talkback Thames) |
* ''[[The Bill]]'' (by subsidiary Talkback Thames) |
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