With upfront season upon us, the focus this week is on first-run syndication and the categories of talk, court, game and magazine. Unlike the broadcast networks and cable, which battle for eyeballs against the rise of mobile devices and streaming services (like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu), the inherent advantage in syndication is the stability. Advertisers […]
Judge Joseph Wapner, the original judge of first-run strip “The People’s Court,” died at age 97 on Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, California, according to his son, Los Angeles County Judge Fred Wapner. He died of natural causes. The famed judge taped “The People’s Court” from 1981 to 1993, inspiring decades of similar […]
CBS Television Distribution has swung the proverbial axe on “Entertainment Tonight” spin-off “The Insider” after 13 seasons. Launched in 2004 with “Access Hollywood’s” Pat O’Brien as host and the premise of providing the inside story behind entertainment news, “The Insider” underwent several format changes, including a partnership with Yahoo and brief title change to “omg! […]
Twentieth Television has announced that “Page Six TV,” the new daily TV show from the New York Post and Endemol Shine North America, has been sold in over 150 markets. Clearances, to-date, now represent over 60 percent of the country. Set to premiere across the Sinclair, Meredith, Scripps, Mission and CW 100+ stations, the daily […]
With nearly $19,000 in potential earnings in the round on the Jan. 27 episode of “Wheel of Fortune,” all the contestant named Samantha had to do was read off the board with nearly the entire puzzle revealed. Unfortunately for Samantha, it was an epic flub. And to add figurative salt into the proverbial wound, […]
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Unlike the glut of original scripted programs in primetime – an estimated 500 titles, a new record, are expected in 2017 on the combination of broadcast, cable and the digital outlets – new shows vying for national clearances in syndication at the upcoming National Association of Television Program Executives conference (aka NATPE) are actually few […]
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First-run strips “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and “Right This Minutes,” both from Disney/ABC Television Distribution, have been renewed on the ABC owned stations for next season. The news comes just days before the annual National Television Program Executives (NATPE) conference in Miami. Currently hosted by “The Bachelor’s” Chris Harrison, “Who Wants to Be […]
