What if Garfield and Friends was bought by Fox Kids from CBS?

[Oscar Preciado]

In 1989, Barry Diller was planning their own children's programming block for Fox Broadcasting Company. Diller seeks to purchases the rights to "Garfield and Friends" from CBS. When Fox Kids premiered in 1990, Garfield and Friends moved from CBS to FOX and aired new episodes there to 1994. In 1996, Saban Entertainment owns the rights to the show, when they acquired 50% of Fox Kids and formed Fox Kids Worldwide.

In 2001, Disney bought the rights to the show, when they acquired Fox Family Worldwide from News Corporation and Haim Saban. (After the struggle with children's programming and the new Fox Family Channel, that they have to sell their own children's division)

In 2013, DHX Media bought the distribution rights to Garfield and Friends from Disney.

What are the benefits?

 

[Moleoman]

You missed at least one point. CBS owned only broadcast rights to "Garfield and Friends" in the US. From what I know (please correct me, if I am wrong in some parts), the rights to the show were and are owned by (if not by Film Roman) Jim Davis' company Paws, Inc. who sublicensed the series to other distribution companies. For instance, the TV distribution rights in most of Europe were owned by Kirch Group/Taurus Film (those rights later end up with EM.TV and ultimately Studio100 Media).