Hypertension123456 t1_iy7ya1h wrote on November 29, 2022 at 12:40 PM

Does anyone even watch syndicated TV anymore? The only place I can imagine is a nursing home.

11292022 t1_iy8c10i wrote on November 29, 2022 at 2:42 PM

does watching 80s and 90s sitcoms on streaming services count?

its...sort of the same

Hypertension123456 t1_iy8chmz wrote on November 29, 2022 at 2:45 PM

I think those contracts are different from the syndication deals.

Indemnity4 t1_iyb3yvq wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:06 AM

Syndicated content is still popular.

It kind of goes unsaid, but Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune and Family Feud outperform any other entertainment property just by sheer bulk of being on linear TV so much.

There is a decline in linear viewers (classic network TV). But that is almost in balance with digital and streaming.

For instance, a streaming service can license a syndicated TV show for a period of time. Netflix may buy friends on a year-by-year basis, but a low-cost advertiser supported streamer such as Tubi may only take a syndicated TV show for a month.

Disney loves it's to show first-runs on it's own networks, but then it later sells those shows to other stations in non-ABC markets.