A judge recently granted CBS a temporary restraining order to CBS, blocking Sony from being able to take over distribution of the iconic syndicated game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. What is the issue between Sony and CBS?

"To turne thy whele and be my frende again, and sende me joy where I am nowe in pain," says the famed 15th century Findern manuscript of Fortune's whims. Verse that may be hitting a little harder than usual over at Sony this morning as the media giant saw the courts put the brakes put

CBS Media Ventures is fighting to retain distribution rights to the popular game shows. Sony Pictures owns and produces the shows. The contract governing distribution was cemented in the early 1980s.