TNT and TBS Secure Television Rights To Air STAR WARS Films For $250 Million
In a $250 million dollar deal, Turner has secured the rights to air the Star Wars films on basic cable. Variety reports that starting September 20th, the first six Star Wars films will be airing on TNT, with The Force Awakens set to come in 2018 after it's done on Starz. It's also stated that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will also be available to the networks in 2019.
Essentially this all means that if you are going to see Star Wars on television it's going to be on either TBS or TNT until 2022! Six years for $250 million seems like a LOT of money, but I guess it is Star Wars we are talking about here!
In either case, it's super cool we'll all be getting to binge on Star Wars on TV next week!