Fox 29's "The Q" will air on 7 other Fox O&O's around the country

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/...r-in-seven-cities-nationally-this-summer.html

Fox 29’s The Q, hosted by Germantown native and Temple grad Quincy Harris, is going national for a four-week preview this summer, with seven cities around the country set to get a little brotherly love from the locally shot talk show.

Starting June 5, Fox television stations in New York City (WNYW), Los Angeles (KTTV), Atlanta (WAGA), Detroit (WJBK), Phoenix (KUTP), Minneapolis (WFTC), and Charlotte, N.C., (WMYT) will air The Q. Fox 29 will continue to air the show in its usual noon time slot, and it will continue to be shot at Fox 29 Studios in Old City, a release notes.

“This is a big deal for both our station and our city. It’s rare for a Philadelphia television show to have national exposure,” Fox 29 vice president and news director Jim Driscoll said of the expansion. “We’re hopeful for the continued success of The Q and very proud of what the team has accomplished.”

The show’s expanded preview comes less than a year after the debut of The Q, which started airing on Fox 29 in Sept. 2016. A half-hour talk and variety show, the program features local and celebrity in-studio guests, comedy, and viral news.

Yes the Oprah comparison is also mentioned in the article.

 

[Fakeem]

If the show flops during the sneak-peak, but does well here, does it stay on Fox 29 or does the whole concept go bye-bye?
How many of the 7 stations will this succeed on in order to be picked up nationally?

 

[AbrahamJSimpson]

If the show flops during the sneak-peak, but does well here, does it stay on Fox 29 or does the whole concept go bye-bye?
How many of the 7 stations will this succeed on in order to be picked up nationally?

Probably unknown at this point. Some other concepts have been tried in similar fashion, not proceeded nationally (not necessarily because they flopped, but there are other factors, including a crowded syndication market), and stayed on in their local incarnation. Others have not proceeded when the wider rollout failed.

This is an interesting one at a half hour--those can be tricky if the show isn't double-run or paired with a compatible show to fill an hour block on a schedule.