I was in Target last night and noticed that "The Big Bang Theory" is already on DVD. Also, the producers are rushing other shows to DVD faster than ever. Doesn't this hurt their syndication potential?
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DVD's Hurting Syndication?
- Thread starter Al Timiter
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BBT is a good example of a show that is "OK" but will not become a classic. People will watch re-runs in syndication that they will not buy and fewer still will record off-air so no, I don't think the impact is more than marginal and is probably more than equalized by the syndication fees. It appears the owners of BBT are taking advantage of its current popularity by making DVD's available quickly.
I have noticed that several syndicated shows ("Two and A Half Men" comes to mind) do not show credits (at the end of the show) in their first run airings but do in their syndicated re-runs. Why izzat?
I have noticed that several syndicated shows ("Two and A Half Men" comes to mind) do not show credits (at the end of the show) in their first run airings but do in their syndicated re-runs. Why izzat?
landtuna said:
Many TV stations do air the ending credits, but make it so small that they're barely visible. At least that's how my local stations do it. What they do, both in first run network and syndicated (both first run syndication & second run syndication) on WGN, WFLD, and I believe WPWR is that they will shrink the credits, mention a program that's either next, or later in the week during the closing credits, in order to prevent people from recording the program in its entirity, and selling it. By doing that, I believe that's done to cutdown on piracy. That doesn't stop it from happening if a program is released on DVD. I know WCIU & sister stations WWME-LD (MeTV) & WMEU-CA (Me Too) air the closing credits (including on WCIU with first run syndicated programs).
Maybe you have an idea what I'm talking about, though I feel I didn't do a good enough job explaining it. It's not easy for me to explain some stuff.
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If you mean the network airing of 2 and a Half Men, they do run credits, unless there was some rare exception...as a rule, though, they air on CBS underneath the promo window.
stdjsb25 said:
That was a common practice by many TV stations back in the seventies and eighties. I'm not sure when stations quit doing that, but I do notice that syndicated reruns almost always feature intact credits nowadays -- I'm guessing that perhaps there is now a contractual requirement that they not lop off the closing credits.
When I lived in the Pacific Northwest (seventies and early eighties), virtually all of the stations in both Seattle/Tacoma and Spokane regularly faded down the closing credits of syndicated reruns. That most definitely included KTVT's sister station, KSTW Tacoma/Seattle.
If you want the full length unedited episodes of your favorite shows, DVD is the way to go. Many of the shows from the 60's and 70's are edited by at least 3 minutes in order to squeeze in more commercials, and the end credits are squeezed in at the end (TV Land and TBS are two that come to mind).
I think if people would to record their favorite tv show instead of buying the dvd collections,but now and the last 8 more years, tv networks and cable channels are compressing the time and littering the screen of promos and other crap in bold graphics flying in your face and desappear..oh that pesty tv network icon that appeared in the early 1990's. to remind me what channel i'm on,it also put a snag on video tape pirates.now yes it's worth to buy a dvd collection.
Captex,
Don't "be bothered." The station LEGALLY has the right to do that.
When YOU own a tv station, you will want to TELL the cable viewers with a thousand other channels that YOU are the place that they an watch that particular show.
Also, there IS now a contractual requirement that they not lop off the closing credits - but technically, "shrinking" them is ok.
Don't "be bothered." The station LEGALLY has the right to do that.
When YOU own a tv station, you will want to TELL the cable viewers with a thousand other channels that YOU are the place that they an watch that particular show.
Also, there IS now a contractual requirement that they not lop off the closing credits - but technically, "shrinking" them is ok.
Or how bout those sloppy insert ad's on cable,I notice now Comcast is getting better with it,back in the old days,the ad's over ran into the syndicated shows and the current programming.
Dear Landtuna,
I am glad that you just just got out of your time machine and that you know that the Big Bang Theory will never be a classic.
I am sure that many previous Land tunas knew that Gillians Island, The Beverly Hillbillies and even I love Lucy would never become classics.
I am glad that you just just got out of your time machine and that you know that the Big Bang Theory will never be a classic.
I am sure that many previous Land tunas knew that Gillians Island, The Beverly Hillbillies and even I love Lucy would never become classics.
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