The first official day of NATPE on Monday was light on sessions for attendees, while a slow trickle of pickups and news dribbled out of the convention, building toward Tuesday’s opening of the show floor. Among the announcements: —CBS Television Distribution announced it is bringing “Star Trek...
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Litton Entertainment’s “Street Court” will launch this fall with 65% of stations cleared. New station additions for “Street Court” include Tribune stations in San Diego, Philadelphia and Grand Rapids, Mich., as well as Sinclair stations in Baltimore, Las Vegas, Birmingham, Ala., and Pittsburgh. Local...
Litton Entertainment’s “Street Court” picked up a major sale as the scene-of-the-crime court show has been sold for daytime airing to Tribune-owned WPIX-TV in New York, the distributor said. Slated for a fall start, “Court” follows Judge Michael “Mazz” Mazzariello, a former Brooklyn district attorney...
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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