A BIG Payday For 'Big Bang Theory' in Syndication - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 03-26-2010, 11:41 PM

The chemical equation in the off-network marketplace is just about perfect for Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution as it preps for what is sure to be a megabucks sale of rerun rights to CBS laffer "The Big Bang Theory."

The timing of the sale -- expected to happen within the next two months -- and the competitive dynamic among the likely TV station and cabler bidders adds up to a deal that could yield as much, if not more, than the estimated $4 million per episode in off-net coin that Warner Bros. is raking in from "Big Bang's" Eye skedmate "Two and a Half Men," which bowed in syndication in the fall of 2007.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryId=14&cs=1

80sTrivia · 03-27-2010, 07:06 AM

I'm looking forward to seeing Big Bang Theory in syndication!

ryan423 · 03-28-2010, 03:44 PM

I'm hoping for a TBS pick-up. They are easily the most loyal to their shows, and I'd love to see this show have one of those one-night a week marathons like they give to Family Guy.

I could see WNYW paying big bucks and pairing it with the recent pick-up of How I Met Your Mother. If its picked up by WPIX, it'll be paired with the obvious choice, Two and a Half Men.

03-26-2010, 11:41 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	A BIG Payday For 'Big Bang Theory' in Syndication The chemical equation in the off-network marketplace is just about perfect for Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution as it preps for what is sure to be a megabucks sale of rerun rights to CBS laffer "The Big Bang Theory." The timing of the sale -- expected to happen within the next two months -- and the competitive dynamic among the likely TV station and cabler bidders adds up to a deal that could yield as much, if not more, than the estimated $4 million per episode in off-net coin that Warner Bros. is raking in from "Big Bang's" Eye skedmate "Two and a Half Men," which bowed in syndication in the fall of 2007. http://www.variety.com/article/VR111...goryId=14&cs=1
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03-27-2010, 07:06 AM	#2
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03-28-2010, 03:44 PM	#3
ryan423 Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2007 Posts: 1,829	I'm hoping for a TBS pick-up. They are easily the most loyal to their shows, and I'd love to see this show have one of those one-night a week marathons like they give to Family Guy. I could see WNYW paying big bucks and pairing it with the recent pick-up of How I Met Your Mother. If its picked up by WPIX, it'll be paired with the obvious choice, Two and a Half Men.