Whenever I think of Ted Turner, what comes to mind is the controversy that sprang from his decision to "colorize" many classic films that he had acquired from the MGM library. (I think there was even an SNL sketch that had Turner, or an actor playing Turner, flossing his teeth with the original negative from "Gone with the Wind"?).
IIRC, Turner argued that film colorization would allow stations to charge higher advertising rates and that younger audiences would be more inclined to watch films that weren't in black-and-white. Many from within the film industry decried his decision, calling it a form of vandalism. Eventually, Congress intervened and passed the National Film Preservation Act, which led to the creation of the National Film Registry, with the intent of preserving films in their original state.
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