This Thanksgiving, NBC will host the Network Premiere of Disney/Pixar's "The Incredibles". This December, ABC will host the World Premiere of the new Christmas Special "Shrek the Halls."
Why does ABC, a Disney company, have the rights to a Universial/Dreamworks program, while Universial-owned NBC has exclusive rights to a Disney/Pixar movie? Was this some sort of trade-off in which each network thinks they can get higher viewership advantage for another company's programs? Is this an atttempt by Jeff Katzenberg, Steven Speilburg, and other Dreamworks owners to mend ties with The Walt Disney Company and Pixar?
Just struck me as odd....
http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/32/15632.php
http://www.nbc.com/Movies_Specials_More/
Why does ABC, a Disney company, have the rights to a Universial/Dreamworks program, while Universial-owned NBC has exclusive rights to a Disney/Pixar movie? Was this some sort of trade-off in which each network thinks they can get higher viewership advantage for another company's programs? Is this an atttempt by Jeff Katzenberg, Steven Speilburg, and other Dreamworks owners to mend ties with The Walt Disney Company and Pixar?
Just struck me as odd....
http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/32/15632.php
http://www.nbc.com/Movies_Specials_More/