ABC’s “General Hospital,” which was almost put out to pasture when “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” departed, leads the list of Daytime Emmy Award nominations with a hefty 26. Next is daytime dramas “Days of Our Lives” on NBC and “The Young and the Restless” on CBS, with 25 each. All three again […]
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 […]
Given the still-respectable 11-million viewers who have been tuning in every week to watch “American Idol” this season, the biggest question surrounding Thursday’s series finale is whether the show is really going away. At least for very long. Of course, not long ago, many of us were asking why “American Idol” was still on the […]
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Despite the majority of current first-run strips returning next season, the norm in syndication every season, there is no shortage of potential new first-run talk, game, court and reality series looking to land clearances for 2016. As we gather in Miami for the annual National Association of Program Executives (NATPE) conference, here are the new […]
NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution has announced clearances for upcoming daytime talk show “Harry,” hosted by Harry Connick, Jr., in more than 80 percent of the U.S. to date for its debut in national broadcast syndication next fall. As previously announced, “Harry” has already been sold to Fox Television Stations in 17 markets. New station groups […]
