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unusual facts about television syndication



About Faces

:Not to be confused with the 1971 CTV/syndicated game show All About Faces, which had a completely different format.

Barbara Jo Allen

In 1958, she appeared as Mabel, the boss of the flight attendants, in Jeannie Carson's syndicated version of her situation comedy Hey, Jeannie! The program aired only six episodes in syndication.

Barbara Stuart

Her first television role was as Bessie, the secretary, on the 1955 syndicated series The Great Gildersleeve, starring Willard Waterman and based on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio program.

Bobby Burgess

Over the course of the show's run, first on ABC and later in syndication; Burgess had three dance partners: Barbara Boylan from 1961 to 1967 and was a temporary fill-in for a few shows in 1979, Cissy King from 1967 to 1978, and Elaine Balden from 1979 until the show ended in 1982.

Casey Walters

Casey Walters (June 25, 1916—December 3, 1991) was an American actor best known for his co-starring role as Sergeant Jim Warren on the 1957-1958 syndicated television series Harbor Command.

Chuck Scarborough

Scarborough was the host of the syndicated programs Images – A Year in Review and Memories...Then and Now in the late 1980s-early 1990s, and also co-anchored the NBC network documentary series Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow with Maria Shriver and Mary Alice Williams.

Everyday Health

Throughout 2011, the company began to diversify into digital media: in July 2011 it announced that it would be co-producing a self-titled TV series with Litton Entertainment for Litton's Weekend Adventure, a new Saturday morning syndication package of E/I programming aired by affiliates of ABC.

Farley Boats

The current Farley Boat Company and the FDR fishing story is recounted in a 2012 episode of the syndicated television series Texas Country Reporter.

Gloria Talbott

Talbott's multiple television credits include the syndicated Adventures of Superman, The Range Rider and The Cisco Kid, the NBC western anthology series Frontier, and the syndicated western-themed crime drama, Sheriff of Cochise with John Bromfield.

Herbert Philbrick

In addition, a television series called I Led Three Lives, starring Richard Carlson and Ed Hinton, loosely based on Philbrick's experiences, aired in syndication for three years during the 1950s.

John Bromfield

In 1956, Bromfield was cast as law enforcement officer Frank Morgan in the syndicated western-themed crime drama series, Sheriff of Cochise, later retitled by studio boss Desi Arnaz, Sr., as U.S. Marshal.

John Dods

Dods also was effects supervisor on 18 episodes of the syndicated television series Monsters, and worked as a set construction supervisor on the Back to the Future theme park ride at Universal Studios Florida.

KHQA-TV

Syndicated programming on KHQA includes Wheel of Fortune, The Dr. Oz Show, Ellen, and Jeopardy!.

King of Kensington

The series was syndicated to some American stations during the height of its popularity, including WTTG in Washington, D.C.

KNWA-TV

Syndicated programming on KNWA includes Anderson, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Entertainment Tonight, Judge Judy, The People's Court, and The Doctors.

KOHD

Syndicated programming on KOHD includes: Inside Edition, The Insider, Entertainment Tonight, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

KTVZ

Syndicated programming on KTVZ includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Dr. Oz, Live with Kelly, and Dr. Phil.

L. Q. Jones

He was cast once in the syndicated military drama, Men of Annapolis, on the CBS western Johnny Ringo, starring Don Durant, and on the NBC western, Jefferson Drum, starring Jeff Richards.

Men of Annapolis

Men of Annapolis is a 41-episode half-hour syndicated drama television series in anthology format which aired from 1957–1958 and was hosted by the voice of Art Gilmore.

Michael George Dupée

Dupee is noted for being the only contestant to play and win from all 3 podiums on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy! At the time that he won the 1996 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, he was the 4th biggest winner in Jeopardy! history.

Pat Hogan

In 1955, Hogan, at thirty-four, played the role of 20-year-old Crawford Goldsby, or the notorious outlaw Cherokee Bill, in the syndicated television series, Stories of the Century, starring and narrated by Jim Davis.

Ranald S. Mackenzie

The 1958-1959 syndicated television series, Mackenzie's Raiders, starring Richard Carlson in the title role, is loosely based on Mackenzie's time in Texas.

Soul Train: The Dance Years

Soul Train: The Dance Years is a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records in 1999 and 2000, and spun off from the long-running syndicated television series Soul Train.

The Ropers

The Ropers has been aired in syndication on local channels in the 1980s and early 1990s, but has had limited airings in recent years, likely because, due to its relatively short network run—roughly a season and a half—there aren't enough episodes to strip the show.

The Sharon Osbourne Show

The original version of The Sharon Osbourne Show was a syndicated show that ran for one season (20032004) on various US channels.

The Sportswriters on TV

The Sports Writers on TV was a sports talk show produced by John E. Roach for the Chicago-based SportsChannel and syndicated to most of the other ones across the SportsChannel America network.

Thurston Howell, III

Thurston Howell III (mentioned in the opening credits as: "The Millionaire") is a character on the CBS television sitcom Gilligan's Island, which ran from 1964 to 1967, and later in syndication.

WBKB-TV

Syndicated programming on the station includes Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Ellen, and Dr. Phil among others.

WBUP

Syndicated programming on WBUP includes Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Entertainment Tonight, and The Insider among others.

WCBD-TV

Syndicated programming on WCBD includes: Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and Dr. Phil.

WCHS-TV

Syndicated programming on WCHS includes: Entertainment Tonight, Judge Judy, Maury, The Steve Harvey Show, The Ricki Lake Show and Anderson Live.

WCSH

Syndicated programming on WCSH includes: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, The Doctors, Katie and Inside Edition.

WECT

Syndicated programming on WECT includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, The Doctors, America Now, Ellen, and Live! with Kelly and Michael.

WFGX

Syndicated programming on WFGX includes The Jerry Springer Show, Maury, Rules of Engagement, Community and Inside Edition.

WLIO

Syndicated programming on this station includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight, and Inside Edition among others.

WMBF-TV

Syndicated programming on WMBF includes: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Family Feud, Access Hollywood, and The Doctors.

WTOV-TV

Syndicated programming on the station includes: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Katie, Dr. Phil, Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, and Live! with Kelly and Michael.

WTVW

Syndicated programming on WTVW includes Family Feud, The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory, Steve Harvey and Judge Judy.

WYMT-TV

WYMT airs its own identifications, commercials, and syndicated programming such as The King of Queens, The Andy Griffith Show, and Family Feud.


see also

Mindy Cohn

Cohn said that one of the reasons she did The Facts of Life Reunion film in 2001 was because she claims that the actors in the long-running series have been wrongly denied a cut of the syndication and DVD profits from the series.

The Challengers

The Challengers (game show), a game show that aired in television syndication in the United States during the 1990—1991 television season