Judy Sheindlin signed a new deal that will keep TV’s top courtroom in syndication for at least another four years.
Sandy Puts A Crimp In NYC-Based Shows
Yesterday, only Telepictures’ Anderson Live, CBS Television Distribution’s Inside Edition and Disney-ABC’s Live with Kelly and Michael were in production as planned. And things are even slimmer today.
NBCU Gives Off-Net ’30 Rock’ Local Spins
[vzaarthumb:839883]To promote the broadcast syndication launch of the Tina Fey sitcom, NBCU Domestic Television engaged DG Entertainment and 2C Media to help it create a promotion campaign that had a number of goals: to introduce the show to each station’s audience; to emphasize its sharp and funny inside view of the TV buiness; and develop special local appeal through a series of custom, personalized spots.
Five first-run debuts include Anderson, Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers, Jeremy Kyle, Excused and On The Spot. They’re joined by off-network comedies including The Big Bang Theory, 30 Rock, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Futurama, premiering alongside television’s longest-running crime drama, Law & Order. On the weekend, there’s the nature-themed ABC Weekend Adventure and encores of hit ABC network shows with ABC Prime on the Weekends.
Entertainment Studios’ We The People with Gloria Allred launches this fall on NBC Owned Television Stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, San Diego and Hartford, Conn.
In time for NATPE, the Television Syndication Co. (TVS) has picked up two new programs for syndication. The Glass Window is being offered as an Easter Special for this April. The two-hour […]
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The additional markets bring the new Warner Bros. talk strip clearances to more than 82% of the U.S.
LIN TV CEO Vincent Sandusky joined the chorus of station-group executives suggesting that prices for syndicated programming may have reached an apex. Instead, replacing it with local programming can pull in higher ratings and boost the bottom line with the lower costs. As for off-network sitcoms, Sandusky indicated that syndicators are seeking inflated prices and longer contracts that could outlive a show’s popularity.
The new offerings on the O&Os are delivering big percentage gains in the key demo, but the shows they replaced were notoriously poor performers. Bottom line is that syndicators like Warner Bros. (Anderson Cooper) and Sony (Lisa Oz) that are looking for slots in major markets for next fall may be able to find them on the NBC stations.
