10 Facts About Syndicated television

In off-network syndication, a program whose first airing was on network Syndicated television is licensed for local broadcast on individual stations.

Ziv Television Programs, after establishing itself as a major radio syndicator, was the first major first-run Syndicated television syndicator, creating several long-lived series in the 1950s and selling them directly to regional sponsors, who in turn sold the shows to local stations.

The market for made-for-Syndicated television cartoons grew as a result to include a branch for such stations.

Syndication of older episodes can increase exposure for a Syndicated television show that is still airing first-run network episodes.

The most common form is known as strip syndication or daily syndication, when episodes of a Syndicated television series are shown daily five times a week in the same time slot.

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Syndicated television later produced country music programs starring among others, Smiley Burnette, George Morgan, Bill Ring and Tennessee Ernie Ford, and more than 1,200 US and Canadian stations aired the programs.

Syndicated television radio is not as popular in other parts of the world.

One of the best-known internationally syndicated television series has been The Muppet Show, which was produced by Grade's English ITV franchise company ATV at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, and was shown around the world, including the United States, where it aired in syndication, and Canada, where CBC Television aired the show.

Economic factors that influence production outside the US play a major role in deciding if a television show will be syndicated, internally and internationally.

Colombian, Brazilian, Mexican and Venezuelan telenovelas are programmed throughout the Portuguese and Spanish-speaking world, and in many parts of India, China and Europe, while Turkish Syndicated television drama is broadcast in the Balkans, some other European countries, Western and Central Asia and North Africa.