Tag Archives: Wheel of Fortune

Spin the Wheel: “Wheel of Fortune” comes to prime-time for first time

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Terence | Permalink 0

Wheel gets first prime-time exposure  Another syndicated game show is taking a spin in primetime.  Wheel of Fortune is heading to primetime with a first-ever celebrity edition where [..]

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Fall syndication preview: It’s all Drew

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Terence | Permalink 0

Drew Barrymore show set to debut Monday – on TWO local stations [Editor’s Note: An earlier draft listed incomplete time period information for Law & Crime Daily and [..]

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Jay Leno tapped for “You Bet Your Life” revival

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Terence | Permalink 0

Former tonight show host to host first-run syndicated strip for fall 2021 Nearly thirty years after Bill Cosby quickly came and went with a revival of You Bet [..]

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Coronavirus fears forces “Wendy Williams”, others to pull live studio audiences

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Terence | Permalink 0

Syndicated, network daytime shows latest to pull audiences due to coronavirus After Sony’s decision to close tapings of Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune to the public as of [..]

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Coronavirus sacks “Jeopardy”, “Wheel” live studio audiences

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Terence | Permalink 0

Decision made after epidemic spreads across globe; Chicago film studio also affected Editor’s Note: This story was updated at 4 p.m. on March 10.  The coronavirus epidemic has [..]

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The state of syndication in 2020

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Terence | Permalink 3

With Tamron Hall and Kelly Clarkson hits, syndication’s doing well thank you very much If you’ve read this blog over the years, I usually write a “state of [..]

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“Millionaire” returns to ABC to celebrate (belated) 20th anniversary

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Terence | Permalink 0

Jimmy Kimmel takes over with new format Well, that didn’t take long. Just mere months after airing its final episode in syndication, ABC announced Wednesday at the Winter [..]

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Disney, DirecTV the latest to battle over retransmission consent

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Terence | Permalink 0

Companies upping ante in retrans dispute; ABC 7 could be off DirecTV by Saturday  The latest entity to go toe-to-toe with a satellite and cable provider is the [..]

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Reunification: CBS and Viacom get back together

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Terence | Permalink 0

Split in 2005, both companies re-merge in order to compete with other entertainment giants In news that was expected for several months, it is now official: CBS Corporation [..]

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‘Family Feud’s” Canadian expansion

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Terence | Permalink 0

Classic game show to get Canadian version. But I have news about James Holzhauer! (keep reading below; does contains spoilers.) Question: What American game show in getting its [..]

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Media Notepad: “Red Line” derails in the ratings against “Game of Thrones”

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Terence | Permalink 0

Plus…. Ratings for Bulls and Blackhawks continue to fall; Jeopardy continues to roll thanks to a winning contestant; Crain’s partners with WGN Radio As one might have predicted, [..]

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Media Notepad: Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville fired in a “Survivor”-like blindside

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Terence | Permalink 0

Also: Bears scores ratings success; Jeopardy and Wheel renewed for three more years; Alec Baldwin Show pulled I guess the hockey tribe has spoken. In a Survivor-style blindslide, [..]

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The Media Notepad: Jams 104.3 continues its lead over WGCI

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Terence | Permalink 0

Also: “Harry” canceled; SyFy strikes deal with C2E2; Olympics underperform in Chicago, falling behind even Bears games With the holidays behind us, it was back to normal in [..]

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The Media Notepad: NBC scores with Olympic opening ceremonies

Posted on February 12, 2018 by Terence | Permalink 0

Plus: L.A. Times, San Diego Union-Tribune sold; Mike Flannery gets his own Fox 32 news show; This week in Chicago bashing; White Sox snubbed again (Editor’s Note: Contains [..]

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The Media Notepad: Suppelsa, Herndon exit respective 9 p.m. news anchor positions

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Terence | Permalink 0

Also: Rob Stafford returns to WMAQ; Get ready for more PAC ads; CBS Radio gambles and loses on blunder Mark Suppelsa is calling it a career – the [..]

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