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Syndicators got little rest between sweep ratings periods, as programmers are gearing up for May sweeps just three weeks after the finish of a rare March sweep. From April 23 until May 20, distributors are putting their shows on the road, planning theme weeks, running contests and celebrating anniversaries...
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Syndicators are getting ready to roll out the stunt programming for a rare March sweeps ratings period, and stations are struggling to figure out what to do with what promises to be difficult-to-analyze data. Usually held in February, the spring sweep was moved back a month to accommodate the original...
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Quick pace and low budget are the rules producers must play by as more and more game shows make the abbreviated journey from primetime to syndication. Shortened time periods and slimmer syndie budgets are forcing game show executive producers to bring a lean, mean product to the syndication marketplace...
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Nearing the halfway point of the season, NBC Universal Domestic Television’s “Deal or No Deal” and CBS Television Distribution’s “The Doctors” are quickly pulling ahead of the freshman first-run daily syndication pack for 2008. “Deal” and “Doctors” continue to fight for the top spot. At the beginning...
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The ratings shootout continues between syndication rookies “The Doctors” from CBS Television Distribution and “Deal or No Deal” from NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, as “Deal” edged ahead of “Doctors” for the week ending Dec. 7. “Deal” grabbed a 1.8 household rating, leaving the show flat...
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The pack of freshman first-run syndicated programming is eerily mirroring its prime-time network brethren: solid starts for some, but no massive hits. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, according to syndication analysts. With nearly two months’ worth of ratings in the books, the freshman pack has given...
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Three weeks into its season, “The Bonnie Hunt Show” from Warner Bros. posted its first national numbers last week, putting up figures that placed it near the rear of the ratings pack among freshman first-run syndicated shows. Among other first-year shows, NBC Universal’s “Deal or No Deal” improved its...
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Talk shows proved their ratings appeal during the second week of the syndication season, while “Deal or No Deal” led the freshman show pack. For the week ending Sept. 21, five talk shows increased week-to-week. Only one other program from another genre, court show “Judge Judy,” moved the needle upward...
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During the first week of the syndication season, viewers seemed too distracted by other events to make crowning a clear-cut winner easy. Five shows debuted during the week of Sept. 8, but they competed with big news events including hurricanes, the economic meltdown and the intensifying presidential...
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NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution and Endemol USA will attempt to translate “Deal or No Deal’s” prime time success into daytime with what some analysts are calling the highest-profile rookie show of the syndication season. The syndicated version will feature all the key elements of the prime...
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With the launch of 2008’s upcoming syndicated shows just around the corner, distributors have had little time to enjoy a relatively successful 2007-08 season that saw only two series completely leave the airwaves. Exclusive Video Check back all week for fresh interviews. Monday: "Family Court With...
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What many executives consider to be fall’s highest-profile launch in syndication, “Deal or No Deal,” is shaping up to be a leaner and meaner, faster-paced daytime version of the prime-time hit. The series is being distributed by NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, which has told stations...