Also 10 were showing what looked like an old tape, possibly 15+ years old from when they got the Paramount output after 2003, the picture was panned and scanned filling the 16:9 screen. And the general quality, picture but especially sound was also poor.
The Core is originally anamorphic scope, 2.35:1
Seven and Nine are also guilty of this very thing, from what I’ve observed when they’re playing old Disney and Roadshow files. Back when studios were providing prints without letter or pillarboxing for the benefit of 4:3 standard screens, even still after digital and HD in the later 2000s. Early 2010s things definitely started to change with anamorphic becoming more prevalent on FTA, with many by then opting for widescreen televisions.