"why the show itself gets an equity or royalty stake" By the way, originally that was not the case it changed at some point. But that's a good thing as it moti

"why the show itself gets an equity or royalty stake" By the way, originally that was not the case it changed at some point. But that's a good thing as it motivates them to a) show follow ups "how are they doing?" (which cause a bump in sales) b) include the company in re-runs (which causes a bump in sales as well (I've correlated it).