Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury is moving from its longtime national syndication advertising partner Twentieth Television to CBS Television Distribution Media Sales for its first-run programming. Under the multi-year deal, CTD has added all current and future Debmar-Mercury product — including The Wendy Williams Show,…

CBS TV Distribution’s syndicated entertainment newsmagazine The Insider will end its run in September after 13 seasons. The staff of the show, a spinoff from Entertainment Tonight, has been informed of the cancellation decision this morning. With celebrity news ubiquitous online, ratings and license fees for TV…

CBS TV Distribution has filled two key exec roles, naming Fox PR vet Scott Grogin as EVP Communications and Mary Beth McAdaragh EVP Marketing. Grogin succeeds John Wentworth, who announced his 2017 retirement last fall. He joins CTD from Fox Networks Group, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President of…

Veteran CBS PR executive John Wentworth will retire from the company in March 2017 after 33.5 years. Wentworth, who serves as EVP Communications for CBS Television Distribution, unveiled his plans in an note to colleagues and friends. Wentworth segued to CBS’ syndication division after a long run at Paramount TV…

CBS Television Distribution continues to shuffle its executive ranks with the promotion of Steven A. LoCascio to Chief Operating Officer and Stephen Hackett to President Of Sales. Hackett succeeds Joe DiSalvo, who will transition to an advisor role with the company. LoCascio and Hackett will report to Paul Franklin…

CBS is making changes in its distribution operations. Former 20th TV EVP Paul Franklin has been tapped as President of CBS Television Distribution, and with that hire, Armando Nuñez will return his focus to international distribution as President and CEO of CBS Studios International. In his new role, Franklin will…

With newer syndicated daytime shows struggling to stick, studios are moving in to lock the talent of the strongest, long-running performers for years to come. On the heels of CBS TV Distribution earlier this year extending the contract of Judy Sheindlin, star of TV’s top-rated syndicated show Judge Judy, through 2020…

Judy Sheindlin, host of top-rated syndicated daytime show Judge Judy, has signed a multi-year deal with CBS TV Distribution that extends through 2020. The pact includes a first-look production deal with Sheindlin's Queen Bee Prods., which produces the Sheindlin-created Hot Bench, the top-rated new show in syndication…

Hot Bench, the syndicated court program created by Judge Judy Sheindlin, has been renewed for a second season by CBS TV Distribution. Additionally, it will move to CBS-owned affiliates in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Miami and Denver on March 30, through the 2016 season. Hot Bench, presided over by…

Daytime queen Judy Sheindlin is expanding her footprint with a second syndicated court show. Hot Bench, created by Sheindlin, is set to launch in the fall with clearances in 75% of the country. It hails from CBS TV Distribution, which is behind Sheindlin’s top-rated Judge Judy and has a deal with her.  This marks the…

Three months after Warner Bros TV brought in former Fox reality chief Mike Darnell in a broad unscripted/alternative role that includes overseeing first-run syndication division Telepictures Prods, Telepictures president Hilary Estey McLoughlin has jumped to rival CBS TV Distribution as President, Creative Affairs…

The former SVP Creative and Development at World Wrestling Entertainment has joined CBS TV Distribution to develop first-run syndicated programming and oversee current shows, the syndie division said today. As SVP Programming and Development, Eric Pankowski will report to EVP Maureen FitzPatrick, and he’ll oversee Arse…