ontvtonight.com/guide is also a good resource I find.
It will be interesting to see if CBS treat Ten as a youth station or make it an Aussie CBS clone. I would love to see the later evolve.
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No you miss the point that it’s a lot more complicated than you suggest. Some of the shows you listed already screen on Foxtel channels and others have repeat rights tied to Seven, Foxtel etc.
The game shows have been tried in Australia before with varied success. Let’s Make A Deal never really worked. The Price is Right had a shocking run last time and the rights may still sit with Seven.
They may try some things that have worked on CBS but trying to duplicate CBS will not work.
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How much later?
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Actually, the last time The Price Is Right was screened, was with Tim Campbell on Channel 9 at 8:30pm at night, so obviously had little chance of success.
At present, yes contractual agreements would come into play, but the contracts have fixed terms and once those contracts expire, then CBS COULD try and secure Australian rights for those shows. What price would the other (Seven, Nine, Foxtel, ABC and SBS) networks consider too high for renewal? Yes, it will be complicated to begin with, BUT who knows what will happen in time. And as for the Foxtel argument, does it have exclusive Australian rights any of the shows on CBS? If not, then some of the shows shown on pay TV only in Australia could emerge/re-emerge on TEN.
At this point, its just speculation, but another possibility is that CBS could try and re-vamp Neighbours, which would result in one of 3 scenarios. 1) it could lead to increased ratings, 2) maintain current ratings and have no impact on anything; or 3) lead to the shows demise, which may seem the most likely scenario - especially since TEN lost faith in it and relegated it to channel 11 in 2011, which, possibly the only things saving it at the moment is overseas sales.
But ultimately, we won’t know what may happen until the result of the creditors meeting tomorrow as to whether TEN becomes CBS owned or whether another option is chosen.
What?
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I think you’re confusing your game shows.
The last version of The Price Is Right was with Larry Emdur on Seven at 5pm but it flopped. They may still own the rights. We discovered they had owned them for years to prevent other networks from doing their own versions.
Tim Campell did the last version of Wheel of Fortune on Nine at 5.30pm and it was also a flop. The show he hosted later at night was hosted National Bingo Night on Seven, which was another flop.
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Just found out CBS interactive actually has offices in Sydney, so perhaps they’ll manage CBS All Access (like they do in the US), tenplay and possibly even TenDaily (if its ever launched)
Exactly, But what will happen to it’s News Bulletins, What’s Left of it?
Let’s hope we get localised CBS NEWS bulletins (or more ten NEWS if the ten name persists).
Let’s just hope CBS wins out first and foremost.
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If they don’t Ten are screwed.
The TV industry as a whole will suffer if they lose.
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Agree wholeheartedly… aside from a small minority of idiots there’s no benefit whatsoever in Murdoch and Gordon owning ten.
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Yep. Whoever thinks a Murdoch/Gordon ownership is good is a fool. Have they not seen the past decade of Ten?
Imagine if this was Nine and Bruce was after it!! Yikes.
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I’d like to know who on staff at ten is voting against the cbs bid?
And it’s relatively unanimous on the comments here that CBS bid is preferred. Only 1 or 2 members think Murdoch and Gordon are good.
The level of vitriol against Murdoch and Gordon on fairfax and guardian sites is fantastic to see!
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That sounds very scientific. 
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The last Price Is Right was hosted by Larry Emdur from May to November 2012 on 7. Ten could air FF and TPIR back to back.
Because Family Feud brings in such huge ratings, they should certainly put another game show on after it. 
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Currently manages CNET’s Australian output, among those other tech sites
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They need something news/current affairs orientated to fill the gap between the 5pm news and The Project. FF breaks the flow of Ten’s evening news/current affairs lineup.
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6pm with George Negus?
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