Last June, fans of Comedy Central – the long-running channel behind beloved programmes such as The Daily Show and South Park – received an unwelcome surprise. Paramount Global, Comedy Central’s parent company, unceremoniously purged the vast repository of video content on the channel’s website, which dated back to the late 1990s.

  • BlitzoTheOisSilent@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    2 months ago

    I had a coworker who cited music licensing as the sole reason he can’t find his favorite show anymore: The Drew Carrey Show. Whatever schmuck owns the music licensing refuses to cooperate with the rest of the show owners, so it can’t be streamed or distributed anywhere.

    Another example would be Scrubs, most of the songs used in the show (including key moments and the OG songs were perfect for them) have been edited out and replaced because of licensing issues. Unless you’ve got the DVDs or pirated older versions, you’re stuck with the new music and it’s not the same.

    • Tot@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 months ago

      I think that’s why you’d be hard pressed to find Daria in its original form too: music licensing.

    • RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      2 months ago

      The Drew Carrey Show just finally got a streaming release a couple months ago. On Plex. All 9 seasons now.