Syndication ratings mostly rebounded after last week’s heavy preemptions across daytime due to the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament, with only two shows posting declines in first-run programming for the week ending March 29. The declines came from the entertainment newsmagazine genre, as CBS Television...
Coverage of the death of Jett Travolta, son of actor John Travolta, drew viewers to syndicated television, pushing most entertainment news magazines towards season high ratings for the week ending Jan. 11. Five out of six programs in the entertainment news magazine genre either set or matched their season...
With a crumbling economy worrying stations and syndicators, the panel of experts consulted for TelevisionWeek ’s 2009 Most Bankable Stars of Syndication are putting their money on off-network personalities. This year’s list is dominated by off-net stars such as Charlie Sheen, Seth MacFarlane, Jerry Bruckheimer...
Posted to
The Business of Television
by
News
on
Sun, Jan 18 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: Syndication, Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy, Judge Judy, Print Edition, Entertainment Tonight, Dick Wolf, ET, Dr. Phil, Oprah Winfrey, Two and a Half Men, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ray Romano, Most Bankable, Charlie Sheen
As entertainment newsmagazine shows jockey harder for juicy celebrity scoops, the importance of each competitor’s 24/7 Web presence continues to ramp up. It’s become practically impossible to embargo news for an over-the-air broadcast, which means entertainment newsmagazines are having to contend with...
Testing syndicated shows is important, CBS Television Distribution President John Nogawski agreed with Debmar-Mercury Co-President Mort Marcus at TelevisionWeek’s Syndication Roundtable. “I don’t think we should be putting shows on the air and testing it on their air,” Mr. Nogawski said. While Mr. Marcus...
Barack Obama’s election as president is fueling ratings among syndicated television newsmagazine shows—and they are returning the favor. It’s a symbiosis in which shows such as “Access Hollywood” and “Entertainment Tonight” cover the Obama family like royalty, bringing back a Camelot mythology to the...
Coverage of Madonna and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gave the syndicated magazine show genre the strength to grow its ratings for the week ending Oct. 26. All six shows inside the genre boosted household ratings week-to-week, as Gov. Palin’s appearance on “Saturday Night Live” and Madonna’s publicized split...
Posted to
The Business of Television
by
News
on
Wed, Nov 5 2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Syndication, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Judy, The Doctors, Deal or No Deal, The Insider, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Inside Edition, TMZ, Dr. Phil, Sony Pictures TV, Judge Karen, Sarah Palin, The Bonnie Hunt Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Divorce Court, Live With Regis and Kelly, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Rachael Ray, TV Ratings, Maury, ABC-Disney, CBS TV Distribution, NBC Universal TV Distribution, Twentieth TV, The People's Court, Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution, Madonna
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...
Posted to
The Business of Television
by
News
on
Sun, Oct 12 2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Syndication, The Doctors, Deal or No Deal, Print Edition, Entertainment Tonight, Trivial Pursuit: America Plays, Judge Karen, Family Court With Judge Penny, The Bonnie Hunt Show, TV Ratings, House of Payne
The Emmys, while a ratings disappointment, gave a good-sized bump to syndicated magazine show ratings in the third week of the syndie season. During the week of Sept. 22 five out of the six magazine shows saw their week-to-week ratings rise, mainly due to Emmy coverage. Pulling in a 4.2 household rating...
Barack Obama, Alex Rodriguez and Madonna drove a strong week for newsmagazines for the week ending July 13, as the genre rebounded nicely from a traditionally poor showing from the Fourth of July holiday. NBC Universal’s “Access Hollywood” saw the biggest leap in the category, bolstered by a three-part...