Big 4 Network affiliates that carry syndicated shows meant for CW/MyNetwork stations

[ding12]

Down in Baltimore, a quirky little TV market between DC and Philly, CBS owned station WJZ carries 'Maury' at 9am right after the serious let's not have fun 8am Gayle King hour of 'CBS This Morning' (being sarcastic, but flip to GMA and it's a party and concerts at 8am).

Back to WJZ, why the CBS owned station doesn't carry 'Rachael Ray', 'The Doctors', or 'Queen Latifah' which are produced by CBS or generally carried by CBS owned stations, but carries 'Maury' is a little odd, but perhaps because of broad level arrangements with the other broadcasters in the Baltimore market.

Are there other notable shows you wonder why is the main network station carrying this show in this market?

 

[thomwim]

In St. Louis, "The Simpsons" is on latenights on the ABC affiliate. Granted, that station used to be affiliated with Fox.

 

[ding12]

Fox affiliates are in the in between, especially with all the Judge shows (aside from Judge Judy) in the daytime lineup.

Typically, the CBS NBC and ABC affiliates in atleast the larger markets go for higher quality programs in daytime than Maury or The Test. WJZ/Baltimore is one of those odd ones. It might as well air 8am news and second hr. of CBS This Morning an hour delayed. It originally didn't clear the full two hours in favor of news, and doesn't follow the CBS mandate of CBS 13. One little rebellious station in the CBS owned group.

 

[FredLeonard]

The network and syndication are completely separate operations.
And the owned stations' group is completely separate from both of them.
Each station is a profit center and each local manager is expected to maximize revenue and profits for the station or stations for which he is responsible.
Compared to that corporate loyalty doesn't count for much. The major film studios with corporate ties to major networks (Disney, Paramount, Universal and Fox) often place shows on other networks. Networks often take shows from other film studios.
And station managers will take shows from other syndicators.
Is there sometimes corporate pressure to support the home team? Sure. But that's only one factor among many.

 

[crainbebo]

Maury is on KDNL 30 in St. Louis, and so is the People's Court, if I recall.

 

[ftballfan]

In Traverse City-Cadillac:
Maury airs at 9am on ABC affiliate WGTU. They used to air the 700 Club for years and years.
Steve Harvey airs at 11am on NBC affiliate WPBN.
CBS affiliate WWTV and FOX affiliate WFQX each air paid programming during the day (and have for years; for example, I can always remember WWTV having paid programming in the 10am hour).
Speaking of WFQX, they air TMZ Live at 4pm and TMZ at 7:30pm.
In addition to this, some major shows and syndicated reruns aren't cleared in the market and Big Bang Theory and Dr. Oz both air on two different stations.

In the Alpena market:
Steve Harvey airs at 5pm on ABC affiliate WBKB-DT3 (with WPBN serving as default NBC affiliate for Alpena, it means that Steve Harvey is seen twice in Alpena).
Judge Mathis airs at 12pm on WBKB-DT3.
In fact, all of WPBN's syndicated shows are also seen on at least one of the WBKB channels, with most of them at different times.

 

[nomadcowatbk]

In St. Louis, "The Simpsons" is on latenights on the ABC affiliate. Granted, that station used to be affiliated with Fox.

KDNL also airs Maury and other talk shows normally seen on CW/MYnework stations, it's basically ran like a CW/MyNetwork stations with no news dept

 

[nomadcowatbk]

KMBC delays Jimmy Kimmel by an hour for Big Bang Theory and 2 1/2 Men, (also seen in the evening on sister CW station KCWE)

 

[crainbebo]

Which talking about sitcom reruns, KIMA has The Big Bang Theory at 7PM weeknights and then The Simpsons! A CBS station actually airing reruns of a Fox adult cartoon...very interesting.
Paid programming is aired on KAPP (ABC) and KNDO (NBC) in Yakima, about twice a day. Don't know why, they could have acquired one of the Byron Allen "scripted, actor" court shows like America's Court (KIMA used to have that show in 2010-11)

-crainbebo

 

[Avid Listener]

Does no one realize that just because the original prime time venue for a given program is one particular network, the consortium of companies that share the rights to the program will peddle it to pretty much any station through syndication? Or that the whole point of syndication is to peddle programs, first-run or rerun, to individual stations to fill those gaps in their schedules when the network they are affiliated with offers no feed? Or that the people who run local stations have one, and only one, goal in choosing which syndicated programs to air, and that goal is finding the show with the most profitable price/performance ratio for their particular market to maximize their profits?

 

[newsmark]

the consortium of companies that share the rights to the program will peddle it to pretty much any station through syndication?

Pretty much on target with that whole post. That said, the station owners often do purchase a program for the whole group. That's why you see Ellen on almost every NBC O&O, for instance. But sometimes there may be a reason one or more stations will be left out of the group deal. (Usually when another station group already has a group deal for the show--they're not gonna put the show on competing stations in the same market.)

And once you're not dealing with O&Os, it's a different ballgame. Some affiliates may not want to pay the high price of the top tier of syndicated shows. Or as we've seen in some markets, a particular show (The Andy Griffith Show comes to mind), does well in that market, so why pay more?

(By the way, similar arrangements aren't uncommon at the network level. Watch at the end of shows and it's not uncommon to see that an ABC show is produced by a CBS studio or vice-versa. Both Dancing with the Stars and American Idol are shot at a CBS lot.)