Back in the 70s and 80s and 90s, there were syndicated shows like "Lawrence Welk", "Hee Haw", and "Fame" that did well. all three were canceled by the network, but they did better in first-run syndication.
On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 3:54:03 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > Seems like the stations and syndicators are happy enough with the reruns > of hour dramas. Granted, an action show always sells better overseas than > people doing a lot of talking, but won't get good time slot placement with > the weekend editions of the tabloid entertainment news shows and the > weekend reruns of "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel" taking over the prime slots, not > to mention the weekend editions of the A-level sitcom reruns (seems to me > that Warners is currently feeding two episodes a day seven days a week for > all of those money-making Chuck Lorre shows--of which "Two Broke Girls" > counts, even though his vanity cards don't appear, he has an EP credit on > that show but I assume it's purely honorary for whatever reason). > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] <javascript:> > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected] <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Jon Delfin <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Besides Amazon and Netflix, I think the outlets now are Bravo, A&E >>> (well, maybe not them anymore), Lifetime and Hallmark, among others. Why >>> would anyone make the effort to assemble a collection of stations when such >>> as these are in place? >>> >> >> I think about networks like Ion and MyTV which would be prime territory >> for new syndicated series and they show old episodes of series like Burn >> Notice, Leverage, and The Closer. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
