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Digital Demand Expands Syndication Pipeline
Thanks to Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, and competition among international players, the five biggest studios are seeing a surge in licensing fees — including coin earlier in a show’s run — but questions...
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Film Review: ‘Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie’
An entertaining, affectionate look at one of syndicated TV's most attention-getting sideshows.
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Ellen DeGeneres, ‘Sesame Street’ Lead Daytime Emmy Wins
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “Sesame Street” landed a half-dozen wins apiece on Friday night as the Daytime Emmy Creative Arts Awards were handed out in Los Angeles. DeGeneres’ syndie yakker, a...
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Meredith Vieira Lands Syndicated Daytime Show
Meredith Vieira is heading back to daytime with “The Meredith Vieira Show,” a syndicated program to be produced and distributed by NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution. NBCU has slated the skein for...
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‘The Simpsons’ Eyed for Billion-Dollar Cable Syndication Sale
“The Simpsons” may be headed to cable for the first time, as Twentieth Century Fox TV’s syndie arm plans to shop the toon’s vast library to cable nets in the near future. A source confirmed to Variety...
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TV Review: ‘The Arsenio Hall Show’
Although Arsenio Hall devoted his opening-night monologue to what he’s been up to for the last 19 years, the announcer wasn’t really joking by introducing the host as “back from a very long weekend.”...
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Fox Plans ‘Simpsons’ Cable Syndication Push
“The Simpsons” are finally headed to cable. Gary Newman, chairman-CEO of 20th Century Fox TV, told an investor confab Thursday that the studio is poised to shop a mammoth package of rerun rights to the...
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‘Arsenio Hall Show’ Posts Strong Ratings in Premiere Week
Arsenio Hall is off to a good ratings start with his new latenight program, which scored the highest-rated premiere week for any syndicated talkshow in key demos in seven years. Overall, according to...
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CBS, Tribune To Test New Talk Show Starring Rapper MC Serch
CBS’ syndicated-programming arm is partnering with Tribune Co.’s TV stations to test a new daytime program called “Serch,” in which the former member of rap group 3rd Bass will help average people...
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In Brooklyn, aNew Theater Offers Retro Films and High-End Snacks
Enticing people out of the house to watch movies is a lot easier when there’s also a chef-driven restaurant and full bar involved. Launched in mid-January by former location scout Tim Chung, Syndicated...
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