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In a syndication deal with a novel twist, Fox and Warner Bros. have reached multi-year renewals for Extra, TMZ, TMZ Live and The Real, with new formatting that eliminates the commercial breaks at the ends of each show. The hope is that by adjusting the timing of ad breaks — in a way that preserves the net ad load but…

Plex has signed a deal with Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution that will help it expand into free, ad-supported streaming. Founded nearly 10 years ago, Plex began with the mission of trying to streamline the entertainment experience across multiple digital platforms. Its app features live and recorded…

Tubi and Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution are taking viewers into the way-back machine in a deal that will land the first seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, as well as more recent franchise extensions, on the streaming service. Initial seasons only of The Bachelor, which premiered in 2002, and Th…

Warner Bros. veteran David Decker, most recently EVP Cable & SVOD Sales, has been named EVP Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, adding oversight of station sales to his role. He succeeds longtime Warner Bros. syndication chief Ken Werner who announced earlier this morning that would be retiring from his…

Ken Werner, a TV veteran and one of the most seasoned syndication executives in the business, will retire at the end of the year as president of Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution. He will become a consultant to the group, and his replacement is expected to be named shortly. Since 2006, Werner has handled…

In a pipeline of syndicatable broadcast comedy series that has dried up in the past few years, Chuck Lorre’s Mom is the biggest title available. The series, from Warner Bros., has sold off-network rights to Tribune Broadcasting in a cash-plus-barter deal. The series will debut in fall 2017 on Tribune stations in 16…

BET Networks has licensed a package of popular 1990s comedy series in an off-net deal with Warner Bros Domestic TV Distribution. It includes The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air, Family Matters, Martin, The Jamie Foxx Show and The Wayan Bros, which will air on BET and CENTRIC. In addition, Viacom sibling Nick at Nite will…

The one-hour daily entertainment news program that brings viewers inside the TMZ newsroom will expand from seven to 17 Fox-owned stations beginning in Fall 2013, Warners Bros Domestic Television Distribution and Fox Television Stations said today. TMZ Live debuted on KTTV-TV Fox 11 in Los Angeles in March. The program…

As one new player enters the daytime syndication marketplace for next fall — Sony Pictures TV’s The Queen Latifah Show — another one is departing. Warner Bros Domestic TV started informing the stations this morning that the company won’t seek renewal for a third season of Anderson Live. The talk show of CNN host Anders…

Warner Bros’ daytime syndication hopeful Bethenny, starring reality star Bethenny Frankel, got off to an encouraging start for its six-week test run on Fox stations in six markets. In its first airing yesterday, the talk show averaged a 1.5/5 in the overnight metered households, up 36% from its lead-in in the six…

Both Curb Your Enthusiasm and Entourage went into syndication this fall on terrestrial broadcast stations for their first season. They were sold to Tribune Co stations as a major launch for the group in late night. But they have performed poorly in the ratings. So HBO recently came to its corporate cousin, Warner Bros…

Harvey Levin will keep slurping from those oversize drink bottles for 3 more years. Warner Bros.’ TMZ TV strip has been renewed through the 2013-14 season in more than 75% of the country, including the Fox owned-and-operated stations. The syndicated series, produced by Telepictures Prods. and distributed by Warner…