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In its summer syndication test run, The Real is taking a different approach to the TV talk show format with a younger, multi-ethnic panel. Another new talker, Exhale, is getting a summer tryout on the black-oriented cable channel Aspire.

Five correspondents will offer their take on entertainment and lifestyle news in the Trifecta-distributed syndicated magazine show.

Orion TV Productions’ new syndicated entry featuring DNA test results is set to premiere on Sept 23.

CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP) — Queen Latifah says her new daytime talk show is calling on A-list friends for support, including musicians Alicia Keys and Lenny Kravitz. Keys has already […]

Right This Minute, the Monday-Friday video clip show that station groups Cox Media, Raycom and Scripps created in partnership with MagicDust Television, celebrated its 1,000^th episode last Friday. The show is distributed by MGM Television and will begin its third season this fall. It will add a new weekend best-of episode on stations including NBC-owned WNBC New York and ABC O&O KABC Los Angeles. The show tapes in Phoenix and is co-hosted by (l-r) Gayle Bass, Nick Calderone, Beth Troutman, Christian Vera and Steven Fabian.

With a resume that includes NBC’s Today, ABC’s The View and Disney-ABC’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Meredith Vieira is a TV veteran. Her next challenge will be a little different: hosting a daily syndicated talk show from NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution. With a launch set for fall 2014, she talks about what it’s like getting back into the game, what her show will be like, who else is on board and keeping costs for the show and expectations for its performance down to earth.

The new syndicated daytime show will debut on the 10 NBC Owned Stations in fall 2014, giving it coverage in 27% of the United States..

Paternity Court, a new courtroom series begins production today with legal and relationship expert Lauren Lake serving as the presiding judge. Nationally syndicated, the 30-minute first run show will premiere […]

The TNT cable series has been sold by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in 170 markets for weekend runs starting in fall 2015.

The new Twentieth Television talk show will feature guest co-hosts next week that include Antonio Sabato Jr., Mario Lopez, Terry Crews and her daughter Khloe Kardashian-Odom.

Bethenny Frankel will travel to eight cities in a month to tape segments for her upcoming Telepictures syndicated talk show.

NBCU remains confident that a commitment from the commonly owned NBC O&Os will happen soon and that the show will be slotted on all 10 of the group’s stations, including WNBC New York, KNBC Los Angeles and WMAQ Chicago.Collectively, those stations reach 27% of U.S. TV homes.

Next Monday, the syndicator will launch a six-week test of Kris Jenner’s talk show on six Fox-owned stations. The hour-long program, which will feature a set designed to resemble Jenner’s home, will focus on Hollywood insider gossip and lifestyle tips, celebrity guests and a different co-host each day.

Warner Bros. begins a four-week test next week of the View-style panel talk show.

A source say Katie Couric’s syndicated daytime show will be “gossip-centric” in its second season, since a behind-the-scenes shakeup replaced executive producer Michael Morrison with The Tyra Banks Show executive producer Rachel Miskowiec. “If there is one thing Katie hates more than being called ‘perky,’ it’s being called ‘tabloid,’ ” the source says. “She thinks of herself as a serious journalist, covering stories that make a difference. She’s fighting this.”

The syndicated video clip show from MGM will now be seen in Washington, Minneapolis, Sacramento, St. Louis, Grand Rapids, Greensboro and Portland and Bangor, both Maine.

Here’s a rundown of some of the promotional spots syndicators are providing their station partners to ramp up interest heading into the upcoming television season.

Having indentified 15 million unsure individuals whom they felt they could persuade to vote for Obama, the president’s winning campaign used Rentrak set-top box data to determine what shows they were watching and then targeted them with TV spots.Good news for broadcasters is that two of the top shows to buy were syndication’s The Insider and Judge Joe Brown. Bad news is that many of the shows were on cable. Obama ran nearly twice as many cable ads as Romney on more than twice as many channels, 100, and spent 35% less per spot. The brains behind the “optimizer” media strategy are now hoping to cash in in the commercial realm.

Television’s major syndicators will meet next week with TV station creative services directors at the third annual PromaxBDA Station Summit, sharing promotional plans and trying to whip up some of that enthusiasm for their new offerings including CBS Television Distribution’s Arsenio Hall and Bethenny from Warner Bros.

On Saturday and Sundays, many TV stations are sticking to the script of network sports, news and public affairs, repeats of weekday programs and paid programming — way too much paid programming. It isn’t offering anything to viewers or long-term prospects. But if you’re smart, you can use weekends to broaden appeal and differentiate yourself from the pack.

The panel talk show from Telepictures will get a four-week tryout on seven Fox O&Os beginning July 15.

The freshman talk hit, which was already renewed for its second season in national syndication earlier this year, has now been extended for additional seasons through 2016 with station group renewals led by the NBC Owned Television Stations.

Hearst’s stations are the latest to reup the daytime talker from Sony Pictures Television, extending its run through the 2016-17 season.

Director Joseph Terry and co-executive producers Kathy Samuels and Ethan Nelson depart the rookie talker.

“The Wendy Williams Show has as much momentum as any show on our air right now, both qualitatively and quantitatively,” said Frank Cicha, SVP of programming for the Fox Television Stations. “Over the last few years, it’s evolved into the ideal lead-out to our morning news blocks.”

Kris, a new daily, one-hour entertainment talk show hosted by television personality, entrepreneur, author, and mother of six, Kris Jenner, begins a six-week preview on July 15, on Fox O&Os in markets that include New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis and Phoenix. The program, produced by Twentieth Television, will feature celebrity guests, fashion and beauty trends plus a mix of lifestyle topics.

The syndicated panel show will air this summer and will feature co hosts Tamar Braxton, Adrienne Bailon, Adrienne Bailon and Loni Love.

The Cox Media ABC affiliate will replace Dr. Oz with a half-hour newscast anchored by Bob Opsahl and Martie Salt followed by the syndicated Family Feud.

E! has picked up syndicated entertainment news show Access Hollywood Live. Hosted by Billy Bush and Kit Hoover, the Access Hollywood daytime spinoff will begin airing daily starting June 10 on the cable channel at 3 p.m. ET.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey doesn’t have a daily talk show anymore. But two years after abdicating her throne, the former talk-show queen is clear who she thinks now […]

Two-time Emmy Award-winning producer Rachel Miskowiec will be joining Katie as executive producer, it was announced today by Vicki Dummer, EVP, ABC Media Group. Miskowiec has an extensive background in […]

MGM Television’s syndicated viral video program adds a weekend edition and continues its national rollout, adding 41 stations in 38 markets, including New York (WNBC), Los Angeles (KABC) and Chicago (WCIU-WCUU).

Meredith Corp.’s syndicated daily lifestyle program, The Better Show, is now fully C3 measured by Nielsen. “We were very encouraged after seeing Nielsen benchmark data last fall,” said Brendan Kelly, […]

Following a successful six-week summer test on select Fox-owned stations, the Warner Bros.-distributed syndicated talk show Bethenny is back and has now been cleared in 98% of the United States. Hosted by Bethenny Frankel, the show will premiere on Monday, Sept. 9. Check out the first promo that is being provided to the Fox stations that ran the summer test.

With ratings down and station groups looking to trim costs, Sony’s Dr. Oz is lagging some of its competitors in getting renewed. But Sony’s John Weiser says the show’s quality content, successful website and hard-working host will eventually pay off. “We think the market will treat us fairly.”

AIM TV announces key distribution agreements covering over 50% of U.S. homes, including stations in New York, Chicago and San Francisco.

The new syndicated talk show from CBS Television Distribution slotted to premiere this fall is now sold in over 90% of the country