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Megas XLR made its money back on international sales and iTunes, even getting a reboot greenlit...then David Zaslav happened


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1 minute ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

Were they really gonna pay off the government to get it back? 

They did.  It made enough money internationally to put it in the black and then some.  Even was dubbed in Gaelic.

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5 hours ago, Jman said:

They did.  It made enough money internationally to put it in the black and then some.  Even was dubbed in Gaelic.

They didn’t. Tax write offs only affect the US market. So a shows reruns can still persist on in non US markets while being written off. In order to do a reboot, they would have to fully pay off the tax break they got on the show in the mid 00s. If they bought it back, it would be available to CN (or let’s be real, AS would get it just like Jack) to air and stream. 
 

Not saying it’s impossible, but I think this article is oversimplifying things a little and a reboot wasn’t as close as they are implying it was. 

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13 minutes ago, Toonamiguy321 said:

They didn’t. Tax write offs only affect the US market. So a shows reruns can still persist on in non US markets while being written off. In order to do a reboot, they would have to fully pay off the tax break they got on the show in the mid 00s. If they bought it back, it would be available to CN (or let’s be real, AS would get it just like Jack) to air and stream. 
 

Not saying it’s impossible, but I think this article is oversimplifying things a little and a reboot wasn’t as close as they are implying it was. 

Thank you for your words of wisdom. I, like more users on the Internet, did not react kindly to this news when it initially became public awareness. Besides, how much money did they really make off of consigning Megas to the puke bucket?

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It's entirely possible this new Megas was only going to be available legally outside the US. Either way if I didn't despise Zaslav before I sure as hell do now.

Nice to know buying it on iTunes counted for something.

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