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The former Disney chief’s newest company, Tornante, is teaming up with Sinclair Broadcast Group to produce and distribute new syndicated shows to be aired mostly during the day by local stations.

Anvato, a TV Everywhere platform provider, today introduced a new live-to-VOD capability that lets content owners and programmers create video-on-demand files from their live linear streams and syndicate these files […]

The Daily Mail is looking to bring its distinct brand of tabloid journalism to television in the U.S. The British print and digital news dynamo is said to have struck a deal with Jay McGraw’s Stage 29 Prods. to develop a syndicated newsmagazine strip that would draw on the Mail’s considerable editorial resources and online reach.

Stations can air the daily Canadian panel talk strip on a no-license-fee, no-barter basis until Aug. 31.

The syndicated entertainment magazine’s longtime contributor and anchor has formed RobinHood Productions that will focus specifically on empowering women and girls.

EP Shane Farley is now hard at work on Disney-ABC’s FABLife with Tyra Banks and four other co-hosts. The syndicated show will start taping in late August. “I have time to shape the show,” he says. Among the things in store: A set that looks like a big, comfortable home; co-hosts that will focus on their individual areas of expertise; and occasional celebrity guests.

She is replacing The Real’s creator SallyAnn Salsano as executive producer on the syndicated talker.

Farley is a one-time co-executive producer of CBS Television Distribution’s Rachael Ray and producer on Warner Bros.’ Rosie O’Donnell Show. The panel talk show, set to debut this fall, features Tyra Banks along with Chrissy Teigen, Joe Zee, Lauren Makk and Leah Ashley.

The entertainment mag from Trifecta Entertainment & Media will be back again in fall and has added WABC New York, bring its coverage to 84% of the U.S.

Matenopoulos joined the syndicated entertainment newsmagazine as a special correspondent this past May. She will begin in her new role on July 6, serving as host, alongside Louis Aguirre. Michael Yo and Keltie Knight remain correspondents.

The Television Syndication Co. announced additional clearances for its new syndicated show Small Town Big Deal, hosted by former Entertainment Tonight weekend anchor Jann Carl and her co-host/show creator Rodney […]

The show, hosted by Tanisha Thomas and Ben Aaron, has been sold in 99% of the U.S.

The Debmar-Mercury syndicated talk show will continue live production for the third consecutive summer following its finish in fourth place nationally among talk shows this season.

This sneak peek video features Ice-T and Coco describing their new daily syndicated talk show Ice & Coco that premieres on Aug. 3 on Fox-owned stations in New York (WNYW), Los Angeles (KTTV), Washington (WTTG), Atlanta (WAGA), Phoenix (KSAZ) and Detroit (WJBK).

Dr. Michael Crupain joins the syndicated show in the newly created position of chief of staff of the medical unit that researches and verifies scripts, evaluates expert guests and edits medical animations.

Today correspondent Jenna Bush Hager is in the running for a new NBCUniversal daytime talk show in development that could eventually replace The Meredith Vieira Show, sources say. The Bush daughter is one of several people said to be testing for a panel-style chat program to replace Vieira, which has seen soft ratings since its launch last season.

Michael King, who helped launch Oprah, Dr. Phil and Rachael Ray to TV stardom, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. King, who had been treated in the intensive care unit at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood for nearly three weeks, was taken off life support after being admitted with pneumonia

AIM Tell-A-Vision Group (AIM TV) said today that its syndicated Raw Travel is a “firm go” for season 3 and is kicking off production in June with the “Great North […]

The half-hour talk series from PPI Releasing is cleared in over 75% of the U.S. for 2015-16 and is hosted by rapper Shad.

The daily hour-long entertainment news and variety show from Media General’s BiteSize TV, which got a summer test run last year, returns to weekday syndication on Sept. 14 on Fox and Media General stations.

They include Fox TV Stations duopoly markets Dallas and Washington and CBS Television Stations duopoly markets San Francisco and Detroit, The all-barter show so far is cleared in 86% of TV homes for its second season this fall, including on stations owned by CBS, Fox, Gray, Media General, Raycom, Sinclair and Titan.

Dr. Mehmet Oz will air an episode of his syndicated talk show today that specifically takes on the group of 10 doctors from around the country who wrote to a Columbia dean about him. The group suggested last week that Oz promotes “quack treatments” of weight loss supplements with no scientific proof that they work.

Syndicated daytime show The Real has been slammed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations for alleged discrimination against Muslim women.

Media buyers, sellers and media analysts say ad spending on first-run and off-net shows will be down by single-digit percentages from last year or, flat at best. Still, despite the so-so prospect for syndication overall, media buyers and sellers say top-rated first-run syndies such as CBS Television Distribution’s Dr. Phil will sell out fast with prices significantly up over last year.

Sewee Entertainment is launching a new syndicated food and travel show, Dish Worth The Drive — Southern Eats. Sewee has cleared the new regional franchise in broadcast TV markets across the […]

New game show diginet Buzzr from FremantleMedia North America is adding to its executive team with Mark Deetjen named VP of programming and operations, Jaime Klein VP of creative services, […]

Entertainment Studios announces a firm go for The Verdict with Judge Hatchett for fall 2016 in broadcast syndication. Entertainment Studios Inc.  announced the launch of its 38th television series: The […]

The star of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette will succeed Terry Crews on the Disney-ABC syndicated game show.

The daily syndicated talk show will debut on Aug. 3 for three weeks on Fox-owned stations in markets including New York and Los Angeles.

The next run of the syndicated game kingpins from CBS Television Distribution has been set for 80% of the U.S. on groups including the ABC Owned Television Stations, Sinclair, Media General and Gray Television.

The new show, created by the star of Judge Judy, has defied the odds to become the No. 1 new syndicated offering of the 2014-15 season.

If you think Saturday’s The Suze Orman Show series finale on CNBC will be the financial guru’s first step toward retirement, you probably haven’t been paying attention to Orman the past couple of decades. Next up for her is Suze Orman’s Money Wars, a half-hour daytime show from Warner Bros. that’s not dissimilar to Judge Judy. Starting in fall 2016, if all goes to plan, Orman will dish out advice to the show’s guests twice a day, five days a week.

The new syndicated game show with a tie-in to state lotteries launches this weekend on stations from groups including Sinclair, Hearst and many others.

The syndicated strip from PPI Releasing is offered on a straight barter basis.

MGM Domestic Television Distribution’s game show will not return this fall after three seasons in syndication.

American Television Distribution’s syndicated talent competition series slated for a fall launch has been picked up by station groups including Sinclair, CBS, Tribune, Weigel, Media General and the CW Plus stations.