NBCUniversal Syndication Studios has renewed “Access Hollywood” along with its successful brand extension daily talk show, “Access Daily” through 2025 in national syndication. The studio has sold the entertainment news tentpole to the NBC Owned Television Stations group, along with leading station groups across the country, for three additional seasons. Hosted by Mario Lopez, Kit Hoover and […]
Thanksgiving Week (Nov. 23-29) 2020 saw the usual leaders in syndication lead the pack once again. “Judge Judy” was tops in total viewers and households; “Family Feud” led in adults 18-49 and 25-54. “Family Guy” led all among adults 18-34 (630,000 viewers within the demo). It also led in the largest week-to-week increases in the […]
“Judge Judy” was the No. 1 syndicated show for the week ending Nov. 1, 2020 among households (5.86 rating) and, curiously, males 18-34 (0.61 rating). Among weekday syndicated programs, it experienced the largest raw growth in all key demos, total viewers and households from the previous week — +299,000 adults 18-49, +115,000 adults 18-34, +411,000 […]
Following a week filled with preemptions due to the Senate hearings of then-Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett, several daytime talkers rebounded during the week of Oct. 19-25. The biggest beneficiaries were two programs under the Disney-ABC banner: in all key demos, “Live With Kelly And Ryan” was the No. 1 daytime talker as […]
“Family Feud” emerged as the No. 1 program in syndication for the week ending Oct. 18, 2020 among almost all key figures including total viewers, households, adults 18-49 and 25-54 and all female demos. Week-to-week, the Steve Harvey-hosted game show rose 2.6 percent in total audience, thanks to increases of 3.4 percent and 7 percent […]
Once upon a time, escapist scripted syndicated action/adventure hours was a key programming choice on the weekend. “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” perhaps, was the originator of the one-hour scripted weekend format. It aired from 1987 to 1994. But then there was “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and its spin-off series, “Xena: Warrior Princess.” There were […]
Given the durability of the syndicated entertainment newsmagazine format, it is no surprise to see a new half-hour strip called “Page Six TV,” based on the iconic gossip page in the New York Post, test the waters in first-run syndication. It began on Monday this week in a three-week test predominantly in the access programming […]
