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John Rohrs thinks his first-run syndicated drama will be a hit for stations and his Rohrs Media Group. The barter-only show is low risk for stations, giving them exclusive programming. The question is will it be able to compete during weekends with off-net staples like Law & Order: SVU, Criminal Minds and The Closer.

However, if the syndicated talk show falters this fall, CBS is developing a potential replacement with Jerry O’Connell.

The exiting host of the Late Late Show is said to be working with Tribune Media on a 7 p.m. offering for 2015.

Viewers across the country will be able to watch the classic car special Woodward Dream Cruise on 75 stations with 70% U.S. coverage. It’s being syndicated by Sewee Entertainment.

The new 10/90 sitcom from Debmar-Mercury premiered Monday at 9 p.m. to 449,000 viewers in the key adult 18-49 demographic. A second episode at 9:30 p.m. had 381,000 viewers. Later this week, the cable network will issue live-plus-three-day ratings.

The Block Communications Louisville, Ky., Fox affil is the only non-Fox O&O to participate in the summer 13-week test of the stand-up comedy show.

The Scripps game show adds non-Scripps stations prior to its third season launch in September. Coverage rises to 70% with a new cable run on GSN factored in.

On the last episode of Katie, the host looked back at memorable guests and segments over the show’s two-year history.

The syndicated show will be known as Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court in its second season and has moved  production from Los Angeles to Atlanta for the upcoming season.

Going into its second season, the Sony Pictures Television daytime talker has brought in latenight TV veteran Todd Yasui to help grow the ratings. He plans on loosening things up with more spontaneous, less produced segments while adding scripted comedy skits and more music performances, among other elements.

Former MTV VJ Bill Bellamy Bellamy, who has guest co-hosted shows such as CBS Television Distribution’s Rachael Ray and Entertainment Tonight, replaces Kevin Pereira.

Intelligence for Your Life, which premieres on Sept. 15, will be seen in seven of the top 10 markets. The lifestyle show will air mostly in early morning slots. Tesh’s wife, Connie Sellecca, and son, Gib Gerard, will co-host.

Entertainment Tonight co-host Rob Marciano is set to leave the syndicated magazine program just 18 months after coming on board, according to multiple individuals with knowledge of the situation. With just months left on his contract, Marciano informed ET he wants to go back to his hard news roots, according to show insiders.

Speaking to reporters on Monday at the summer TV critics’ gathering, Meredith Vieira said she hopes to bring “authenticity” to her new syndicated talk show that premieres Sept. 8.

Telco Productions is offering stations a trio of half-hour specials for the fourth quarter: An American Christmas: Gigging & Grubbing, Smart Destinations: The Best of 2014 and Surviving the Holidays. […]

Fox is testing three shows that are a good fit for its stations, and that make financial sense for Fox and its syndication partners, even if the shows don’t roll out nationally. “If these shows don’t go into national syndication and they work for us, and we can afford to do them, I don’t care if they’re on anywhere else,” says Frank Cicha, SVP of programming at Fox Television Stations.

Charissa Thompson and Tracey Edmonds will split co-hosting duties alongside Mario Lopez.

Hollywood Today Live and The Daily Help Line will debut on July 14, with Laughs premiering Aug. 2 on select Fox Television Stations.

With the start of that season still 14 months away, five of the seven major syndicators are far along in developing new first-run shows, mostly talk, for whatever holes appear on TV stations’ daytime schedules. And at least three stations groups — Gannett, Raycom Media and Scripps — are prepping shows of their own that they hope will break out into wider syndication.

According to Rob Shuter of VH1’s The Gossip Show, the ex-New York Housewife has been in talks with ABC to become a permanent fixture on the morning show. “The View is looking for someone to spice up the show,” an insider tells Shuter. “Someone with lots of opinions and a big personality and Bethennny is at the top of the list.” Apparently several secret conversations have occurred but no deal has been reached yet.

What’s to blame for the soft syndication upfront just underway? One answer is the same one that contributed to the sluggish scatter marketplace of the last two quarters: a lack of hot shows, according to media buyers. The major syndicators echo some of what the buyers are saying, but they also are upbeat that ad demand will be strong for hit shows. And if the syndi upfront remains sluggish, syndicators say they’ll hold back some inventory, betting that the scatter market will be stronger.

Arsenio Hall was supposed to spend the week of June 2 in New York City, touting the upcoming second season of his late-night talk show on The View, Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show and Late Show with David Letterman. Instead, he was in Los Angeles, packing up boxes, bidding adieu to his staff and sharing via social media his disappointment over his show’s cancellation. What happened?

As TV station groups get larger, it’s become tougher for independent syndicators to sell their product. In addition, there’s been consolidation in the syndication business also. The bigger studios spent years acquiring and accumulating many of the smaller production and distribution companies, and as a result, those big studios now dominate the market.

Entertainment Studios Networks announced today that Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen has been renewed on 14 CBS owned and operated stations, including WCBS New York, KCBS Los Angeles and WBBM […]

Gannett President David Lougee says his group’s new partnership with Debmar-Mercury will develop syndicated shows that leverage America’s obsession with social media. “There’s an opportunity for us and other broadcasters to take advantage of the organic relationship between social media and television,” he says. “The majority of our viewers have an Internet-enabled device within three feet of them when they are watching television.”

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The reign of the winningest female contestant in “Jeopardy!” history has come to an end. Julia Collins, 31, lost during her 21st appearance on the pre-taped […]

AIM Tell-A-Vision Group (AIM TV) says its their latest production Raw Travel has been cleared for a second season of syndication this fall. The show’s new season will debut on […]

The new partnership gives Gannett Broadcasting the ability to test and perfect broad-appeal, first-run syndicated programming with a focus on interactivity across all genres from Debmar-Mercury on many of its stations beginning in 2015. In addition, Gannett will use the digital presence of its stations — including mobile — to reach viewers wherever they are.

The rookie latenight talk show from CTD and Tribune had struggled in the ratings since debuting strong last September. Its weakening performance had led to time slot downgrades

For the second year in a row, the Debmar-Mercury talker will remains in production in June and July, following its best May sweeps performance in the metered markets.

The new syndicated show featuring the host of CW’s America’s Next Top Model would debut in fall 2015.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” champion Julia Collins is keeping her winning streak alive. The TV game show says Collins scored her 19th consecutive victory on Thursday’s contest. That puts […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Answer: She predicted in her eighth grade yearbook that she would someday be a “Jeopardy!” champion. Question: Who is Julia Collins? To be fair, anyone who watches […]