A rarity in syndication is arriving next season, as Twentieth Television’s “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” is making pod-busting commercial options available to stations. Podbusters, the short bits of entertainment content sandwiched between commercials to frustrate ad-skipping via digital video...
Among the thin lineup of fresh programming heading into syndication next year, Sony Pictures Television’s “Dr. Oz,” with its Oprah-backed pedigree, is getting a hearty recommendation from TV consulting firm Katz Television Group. According to a report released today, Katz cautioned stations to consider...
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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...
New first-run syndication offerings are few for fall 2009 as syndicators remain cautious about what stations are able to afford in tough economic times. Despite this, major distributors are preparing several important titles for the marketplace, including Sony Pictures Television’s “The Oprah Winfrey...