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Syndicated true-crime show iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas will air in 95% of the U.S. starting in September. Produced by Scott Sternberg Productions and Trifecta Entertainment & Media, the half-hour show will premiere September 12 and run weekly from Monday to Friday. Hank Cohen, Sternberg and Vargas are all executive…

Byron Allen's Allen Media Group has brought on Sydnie Karras in the newly created position of Chief Accounting Officer. In the post, Karras will supervise all corporate accounting as it relates to business operations, strategic investments, mergers/acquisitions, corporate financial planning, risk management and data…

Fox Corp.’s distribution unit Fox First Run has renewed four original syndicated shows, including the Jay Leno-hosted reboot of You Bet Your Life. The first-year show will continue on Fox-owned stations through the 2022-23 season. Other series extended for another year include 25 Words or Less, a game show hosted by…

UPDATED: After a period of relative quiet in — and no resolution to — the dispute between Dish TV and local broadcaster Tegna, the satellite provider filed a “bad faith” complaint against Tegna today with the Federal Communications Commission. “Tegna turned its back on its public interest obligation and failed to…

Fox’s revival of You Bet Your Life, hosted by Jay Leno, has been sold in 98% of the U.S. ahead of its September 13 premiere. The game show will launch on Fox stations and has been sold in 190 markets from station groups including Sinclair, Nexstar, Scripps, Tegna, Meredith, Gray and several others. "Our broadcast and…

BNC, which launched in 2020 as the Black News Channel, has set a deal with CBS Media Ventures to bolster its advertising reach and resources. CBS Media Ventures is the ViacomCBS division formerly known as CBS Television Distribution. It produces or distributes first-run series like Judge Judy and Dr. Phil, handles…

CBS Media Ventures, as the TV syndication unit was rebranded in January, has teamed with NuTime Media in a new effort to connect advertisers with African American consumers. The exclusive partnership will center on a range of CBS shows. The roster includes first-run series like Judge Judy, magazines Entertainment Tonig…

A new spin on You Bet Your Life, the personality-driven game show that gave Groucho Marx a new level of fame on the then-emerging medium of television, has been sold in 85% of the country ahead of its fall debut. Hosted by Jay Leno, the new version of the show will launch across Fox’s portfolio of 29 stations as well…

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will return to broadcast syndication in fall 2021, airing on local TV stations five days a week. Along with announcing that news, NBCUniversal also said it has sold Dateline in more than 75% of the U.S. in its fifth syndicated season. For 2021, SVU has already been sold in 60% of the…

CBS Television Distribution says it has cleared The Drew Barrymore Show in 85% of the U.S. Steve LoCascio, Chief Operating Officer of CTD, made the announcement on Day 1 of NATPE. The daytime talk show, whose exact format has not yet been set, will launch nationwide in fall 2020. It joins a new entry hosted by Nick…

EXCLUSIVE: Barely a year after Meredith Corp. closed its $2.8 billion acquisition of Time Inc., one of the biggest jewels in that crown is entering the daily syndicated TV market through a synergistic new effort. People, which already has an ad-supported streaming app and a weekend TV show, will mount a daily…

As Fox continues to add programming in preparation for its post-Disney-deal future, its TV station group has acquired broader rights to syndicated entertainment staple Extra, which is leaving NBC stations in fall 2019 in time for its 25th anniversary. Cleared in 93% of the country for Fall 2019, the Warner Bros. show…