Syndicated Episodes

In the Los Angeles area where I live, the station that airs syndicated Simpsons episode happens to be the local Fox affiliate (KTTV). I'm just wondering if this is typical or anomalous? (i.e. does this occur everywhere or is just a coincidence?)

Dung Nguyen wrote:

in new york city it's syndicated on the fox affiliate as well.

We've got syndication on ABC and teletoon.. but no Fox (WFFF) affiliate.

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everywhere

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In the Detroit area it is syndicated on what used to be the local Fox affiliate.

Here in Hampton Roads...it's on the WB station, which was a FOX station until three years ago.

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Here in Hampton Roads...it's on the WB station, which was a FOX station until

You live in Hampton Roads too? I remember missing Simpsons episodes when Fox had that big argument about wanting to be Channel 14 or something.

http://www.snpp.com/guides/stations.html

The list may be a little out of date, but it should help get a general idea of what is typical.

here in the chicago land area its WFLD a fox station

"Jerry P." wrote:

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when it says "shows episodes in syndication" that means they cut some scenes right?

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"Syndication" is the process of lending out the rights to air old episodes to local stations, as opposed to networks. Networks are the larger companies: CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, and to a lesser extent, UPN, the WB, and PAX. Local affiliates are TV stations that broadcast from signals relatively close to your home, usually in cities or tri-state areas. The networks pay local affiliates for a certain number of hours each day. For instance, FOX buys two hours each night from Monday to Saturday (8:00-10:00, generally), and three hours (7:00-10:00) on Sundays, plus football. Other networks, CBS for example, have three hours of programing (8:00-11:00) per night (7:00-11:00 on Sundays), plus evening news and late night programming. The rest of the time is up to affiliates to fill. Most buy into syndicated programs, because getting the airing rights is cheaper than producing new shows for the local audience, although most have news programs. The syndicated programs are bought through the networks that own them, and to get as much money as possible, scenes are cut out to allow for more commercials.

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On 7 Aug 2001, Bill McNeal wrote:

I believe that in the past Fox does have a habit of giving 'first-bid' option to FOX affiliates. Remember, the show is not only on FOX, but is produced by them as well. Contrast this with, say, Frasier, which is on NBC but produced by Paramount, and syndicates all over. Conversely, Star Trek Next Gneration and Deep Space Nine were produced by Paramount and similarly syndicated, but when Voyager came out Paramount had its own network and thus kept it in house.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the situation.

ian

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Ah... a Tool fan, I see.

Isn't that one of the reasons David Duchovny was so upset? One of the main reasons he chose to leave the X-Files? Because FOX was selling its syndicated episodes basically to itself, so that they wouldn't have to pay as much (thereby taking money out of the actors, directors, etc. pockets) and reaping much in advertiser dollars. I think it was, but I may be getting my facts screwed up.

Shawn

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everywhere

I get 2 local stations that air The Simpsons. One is a FOX station (WFXT in Boston) and one is an independant one. Do other stations seem to air the same episodes over and over again? It seems about 98% of the episodes shown on those 2 stations are from the past 4 seasons. I'd really like to see the older episodes I missed.

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