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Next Stop for "Soul Train" is New Ownership
By Kimberly Nordyke
Wed Jun 18, 2:23 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Don Cornelius has sold his "Soul Train" franchise to MadVision Entertainment, a multimedia company specializing in branded urban content and production.

The deal gives MadVision production rights to the weekly "Soul Train" series along with a catalog of more than 1,100 hours of archival footage from the show's 37-year run.

"Soul Train," which has featured artists from Aretha Franklin to Michael Jackson, airs in syndication. New episodes haven't been produced since 2006, but it's understood that MadVision is considering putting the show back into production at some point.

"The 'Soul Train' legacy and brand are of the utmost importance to me and to 'Soul Train's' millions of fans," Cornelius said. "After years of offers, I feel the time is now finally right to pass the torch. The MadVision team understands and respects my vision."

Peter Griffith, who founded MadVision with Kenard Gibbs and Anthony Maddox, said the company also is eyeing new opportunities for "Soul Train" on DVD, broadband and video-on-demand.

"Our goal is to preserve the show's legacy and expand the brand for the generations to come," Gibbs added.

MadVision's credits include Showtime's "White Boyz in the Hood." Private equity firm InterMedia Partners, led by Leo Hindery and Peter Kern, is the primary investor in MadVision. Financial terms of the "Soul Train" deal weren't disclosed.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

Release the 70s and early 80s episodes on DVD and I will be satisfied

That would be enough for me too.

I would rather they keep airing those old episodes on TV like they have been doing lately. I can record them onto DVD myself (like I've been doing). However, they need to show some different old episodes instead of re-airing the ones that they have showed in the last two years. With as many years of "Soul Train" that was made, there should never be a need to re-air any episodes until they get make it to the late 1980s when music got weaker.

They also don't need to limit it to just Saturday. They have enough episodes to air a different one every day. Keep them on WGN though. Don't put them on BET because that station is a damn disgrace. Also, don't put them on VH1 Classic or anything because that's not basic cable and I don't have it.

SoulAlive said:

Yea, that sounds about right

SoulAlive said:

vainandy said:

I'm too lazy to do that I'd rather have them release it on DVD.It should be a series of DVDs that come out every few months or so.That's how it is with the 'Midnight Special' DVDs.Remember that show? I bought those DVDs already,through a subscription service.Soul Train could do something like that,or just sell the DVDs in stores directly.Maybe have a massive DVD box set?




Yeah,I only want the episodes up to 1985.Don't need anything after that