What does it mean for a show to go into syndication?!
Question: It means that they take the reruns and put then on the tv at another time. Look at a show like Friends. It was still running new on Prime time while it was showing reruns on the WB and other cable channels at the same time. A few years into it, they put it into syndication.
Some people say that when a show starts reruns while still on Prime time that it'll really make it. The shows that run on many channels at once are obviously the most popular shows and make the most money.
Answers: It means that they take the reruns and put then on the tv at another time. Look at a show like Friends. It was still running new on Prime time while it was showing reruns on the WB and other cable channels at the same time. A few years into it, they put it into syndication.
Some people say that when a show starts reruns while still on Prime time that it'll really make it. The shows that run on many channels at once are obviously the most popular shows and make the most money.
repeats on a cable channel
To show re-runs but the actors gets payed. There will be no new shows.
reruns on usa,tnt,tbs etc
It has a seizure.
reruns
The rights to the show are sold to various networks. That's what syndication means.
Like Friends, they rerun that show on every freaking channel.....
I hate it.
The show will be screened repeatedly on free to air tv, cable tv, satellite and pay-tv worldwide, and the actors, writers etc will still be paid even when no new episodes are made.
Sold by the owner to whoever wants to pay big money for re-runs.
The stars get residuals for each showing.
Reruns, on the channels mentioned by answers 2 and 3.
It means that the company that owns the show starts selling the "reruns" aka old episodes to various stations across the country or a different network. Like CSI Miami is on CBS but is also syndicated on A&E.
A show that goes into syndication must meet a criteria that it lasted as a new show long enough and aired enough episodes, which usually around 2 maybe 3 seasons depending on number of shows aired.
After meeting this criteria another network or the same pays for the rights to repeat episodes at a time other than prime time if on network TV or anytime if on cable TV. Actors are paid a fee each time an episode aires which usually is gold for actors since they are paid multiple times for the same work.
A show such as The Andy Griffith Show has been in syndication since the 60's, at least in North Carolina. Shows such as Seinfeld, Bernie Mac are two other examples.