- Twin Cities Tussle
Minneapolis-St. Paul may be locked in a winter freeze, but the broadcast competition is sizzling. In November sweeps, perennial champ KARE, an NBC affiliate, rode its long history as top dog to another No. 1 spot in the key newscasts among adults 25-54. But, capping off a year-long assault, CBS-owned ......
- Sitcoms soar into new season
Off-net sitcoms have come on strong in the new season, with Will & Grace, That '70s Show, Dharma & Greg and The Hughleys bowing in syndication last month and sophomore Everybody Loves Raymond taking the No. 2 spot away from Seinfeld in the first two weeks of the new season....
- Cable Gobbles Up Sweep
Cable networks are establishing a Thanksgiving tradition — taking the November sweep from broadcasters. For the second year in a row, cable won the November sweep period in primetime, outperforming the broadcast networks and continuing its years-long trend of gobbling audience share. Cable tallied a 53.1 primetime household share, up ......
- Fans Know What They Like, Repeatedly
Foundations of Syndication Part I: The viewers You’d think they’d scream, enough already! But television viewers, whose tastes can change in an instant, show no sign of tiring of three off-network sitcoms: Sony TV’s Seinfeld , Warner Bros.’ Friends and King World’s Everybody Loves Raymond . Consider this, a month ......
- Belles of the Syndie Ball
Cable syndication is no longer chump change, as Home Box Office and Comedy Central can attest. They recently closed two landmark deals, valued at more than $100 million each, in this growing business segment. HBO sold its spicy Sex and the City in syndication, while Comedy Central later did the ......
- He's Syndie's Prom King
If syndicated television shows could follow a model to guarantee success, that model would be Dr. Phil . At its launch Sept. 16, the show garnered the biggest ratings of any new syndicated show since Oprah herself hit the airwaves in 1986. That's why the NATPE convention this week in ......
- 'Wheel' and 'Jeopardy!' Renewed Through 2012
Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! , the top-two syndicated shows, have been renewed through the 2011-12 season in about a third of the country. Stations from ABC , CBS , Post-Newsweek , Hearst-Argyle and Sinclair Broadcast Group have agreed to extend the show two years beyond the current expiration of ......