This is the reason they name it Jeopardy!, actually.
Lower than per week after Sony snagged again the distribution rights to the Ken Jennings hosted sport present and Wheel of Fortune, a California appeals court docket at this time handed these rights again to CBS, at the very least for now.
“The superior court docket’s order of April 10, 2025 denying the preliminary injunction and permitting Respondents to start ‘distributing the reveals and needn’t ship episodes to CBS’ is stayed pending additional order of this court docket,” ordered a 3 decide panel from the Second Appellate District Wednesday.
With the petition for writ of supersedeas filed by CBS on April 11, Sony now have till April 28 to reply, with the nonetheless Shari Redstone-owned CBS giving their reply by Might 9. All of which implies all these new offers and platforms that Sony had been hoping for the beloved and money-making sport present are in authorized purgatory for at the very least a month.
CBS had no additional remark moreover their petition and at this time’s order. Sony didn’t reply Wednesday to Deadline’s request for remark.
The as soon as chummy firms have been in a breach of contract dispute since October 31 over CBS’ greater than 40-year-old distribution contract, and claims by Sony Photos TV of CBS licensing the blockbuster reveals at below-market charges and fascinating in “self-dealing.” After a judicial ping pong match, issues went sideways for CBS when LA Superior Courtroom Decide Kevin Brazile final Thursday favored Sony over CBS Media Ventures’ pitch to pause Sony taking on full distribution of Wheel and Jeopardy!
Agreements for the Merv Griffin reveals have been place since 1982 and beneath the respective umbrellas of CBS and Sony because the late Nineteen Nineties.
Which begs the query: What’s trouble?
