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1990-91 Syndicated Ratings Question
BrandonFG:
Looks like it.
Ian Wallis:
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It looks like Cosby Show was the top syndicated rerun at the time but it wasn't the far ahead of a couple of other shows. That's one show that really didn't live up to expectations. The 1988 syndication of it was such a big deal - there was even a TVGuide article about how it would be the first rerun to have its episodes fed once a day via satellite - but by the early '90s a lot of stations were already either downgrading its time slot or removing it altogether.
TLEberle:
Interesting—I wonder if it was saturation where people didn’t want to see the same content so soon after airing and it flamed out.
mmb5:
Based on 0 data to back it up, I also feel the Cosby syndication disappointment fueled major network affiliates trying to program 4-6 with anything but talk or news.
Scrabbleship:
--- Quote from: mmb5 on June 09, 2025, 07:29:31 PM ---Based on 0 data to back it up, I also feel the Cosby syndication disappointment fueled major network affiliates trying to program 4-6 with anything but talk or news.
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Wasn't Cosby's entry into syndication and clearance by WGN and WWOR which undercut the local stations that cleared them what helped spur the FCC to pass Syndex regulations which led to both of those cases having to make separate Superstation feeds?
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