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Pavan · 09-29-2003, 09:51 PM

HBO got closer to a $100 million payday for "Sex & the City" by selling reruns of the show in basic cable to TBS for a cash license fee of $450,000 for each of the 94 half-hours.
TBS joins the Tribune-owned TV stations as buyers of "Sex," but TBS gets the show in June 2004, well before it reaches Tribune in TV syndication in the fall of 2005.

For both Tribune and TBS, the license fee is only one part of the transaction: HBO will hold back three 30-second spots within each run for sale to national advertisers, which could add $300,000 or more an episode to the total, depending on the health of the advertising marketplace.

And while Tribune and other TV stations play "Sex" on weeknights, mostly at 11 p.m., TBS plans to run the show four times a week in primetime, probably one hour a night over two nights in mid-week. Like HBO, TBS is part of the Time Warner media empire.

TBS insisted on getting "Sex" 15 months before it kicked off in syndication because the Tribune deal includes the WGN superstation. For the first two years of the four-year deal in syndication, WGN will be able to satellite-feed the episodes to the 50-plus million cable and satellite subscribers outside Chicago that pick up WGN's signal, making the half-hours directly competitive with those on TBS, which reaches more than 87 million households in the U.S.

Steve Koonin, executive VP and chief operating officer of TBS and TNT, said he's bullish about the Nielsen potential of "Sex" because only about 30 million households buy HBO every month. "Everybody's heard about the show, but not that many people have seen it," he said.

Because "Sex" will run in primetime, not during the early evening, Koonin said TBS may run episodes that are less edited than for TV syndication. Television is a lot racier than it was a few years ago, and another batch of taboos, particularly in language and sex, seem to drop away every season, which may allow TBS to run the episodes closer to the way they were shot for HBO. Koonin said that, at least initially, TBS would probably run the version of "Sex "with cover footage that HBO shot for some of the more sexually graphic scenes.

"We look on 'Sex & the City,' " he said, "as one of the building blocks of TBS' lineup of half-hour comedies." These include such hits as "Friends" and "Seinfeld," which TBS run now, and "Everybody Loves Raymond," which the network will start stripping in the fall of 2004.

David Levy, president of entertainment sales and marketing for Turner Broadcasting, said he plans to do lots of promotional partnerships with sponsors on TBS' run of "Sex." Advertisers will pay a premium for these kind of "custom exposures," as Levy put it.

TBS gets total exclusivity of "Sex" for the summer months of 2004. But HBO will be able to resume running the episodes in fall '04 on the main network and on one of its multiplex channels.

musicradio77 · 09-30-2003, 09:18 PM

Boy, oh boy! TBS is going to show reruns of "Sex and the City" the edited version sometime next year. HBO did the unedited one. I hope WPIX will show it in the future. Thankfully, the syndicated version for next year will remove all of the nude scenes and the voger languages will replace with lots of clean languages. The reruns for syndication will have either a TV-14 or TV-PG. Tribune TV will have it set for probably a year or so. Thank you TBS. I will watch the TV show unedited on HBO, HBO-2 and HBO Signature until probably happens. HBO channels did have a TV-MA in the unedited one.

Jenya · 10-12-2003, 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by pavanbadal

Because "Sex" will run in primetime, not during the early evening, Koonin said TBS may run episodes that are less edited than for TV syndication. Television is a lot racier than it was a few years ago, and another batch of taboos, particularly in language and sex, seem to drop away every season, which may allow TBS to run the episodes closer to the way they were shot for HBO.

I can't wait for TBS's version! We all can depend on TBS to run the episodes closer to the way they were shot for HBO!

Thanks for the information, pavanbadal

Brent88 · 10-21-2003, 09:09 PM

TBS will have them down to a TV-14 rating, according to next week's TV Guide. They are saying they will clean it up some, but still, it's going to be pretty close to how HBO runs it. Now in 2005, local stations and WGN will pick it up, and they say it will be even more clean then.

musicradio77 · 11-09-2003, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by Brent88
TBS will have them down to a TV-14 rating, according to next week's TV Guide. They are saying they will clean it up some, but still, it's going to be pretty close to how HBO runs it. Now in 2005, local stations and WGN will pick it up, and they say it will be even more clean then.

Brent88, did they cut down the sex scenes in the syndicated version?

Brent88 · 11-11-2003, 10:39 PM

I don't know... we'll find out when it moves to Syndication next year. LOL

Judging from a TV-14 rating, they will at least be a bit "cleaner"

musicradio77 · 11-12-2003, 11:24 PM

Thanks!

musicradio77 · 12-25-2003, 01:56 PM

If I don't watch the syndicated version being edited out this fall, I could watch the first 2 seasons uncut on DVD.

r9108rerickson · 04-05-2004, 02:35 PM

Begins airing on TBS June 15, 2004

musicradio77 · 04-08-2004, 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by r9108rerickson
Begins airing on TBS June 15, 2004

If I don't watch the TBS version when it comes on June 15th, I will watch the season 5 DVD the one Sarah Jessica Parker gave me from Brian and I can see it uncut. I'm looking forward to get seasons 3 and 4 uncut on DVD soon.

ilovethe80s · 05-09-2004, 02:04 PM

I think that Oxygen should pick up reruns of Sex and the City because i think that would be a better place for the show instead of TBS. I don't know how many people get Oxygen i get it because it's part of my digital cable package. I think that it would fit in really well with the rest of the schedule. Maybe if it doesn't do so well on TBS maybe Oxygen can get the rights to air it.

FullTivo · 05-14-2004, 10:20 AM

I’m one of those rare people who haven’t seen Sex and the City yet (I know, I know). I don’t have HBO and my girlfriends are ALWAYS raving about the show. Now I find out that I don’t have to have HBO, since TBS will be showing it in June. You can check out their website (http://www.tbs.tv/sexandthecity) for more details.

Dean Winchester · 05-14-2004, 04:11 PM

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Originally posted by FullTivo
I’m one of those rare people who haven’t seen Sex and the City yet (I know, I know). I don’t have HBO and my girlfriends are ALWAYS raving about the show. Now I find out that I don’t have to have HBO, since TBS will be showing it in June. You can check out their website (http://www.tbs.tv/sexandthecity) for more details.

only prob is that the show will be censored to hell and back.

musicradio77 · 05-19-2004, 11:48 PM

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Originally posted by BuffySlayer79
only prob is that the show will be censored to hell and back.

If this comes on next month or if it is going to be edited out, I will watch the complete episodes uncensored on DVD's.

musicradio77 · 05-31-2004, 10:41 PM

I saw the promo during one of the my Mom's favorite shows, "Law & Order".

09-29-2003, 09:51 PM	#1
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	Reruns to TBS in June 2004 and Locals and WGN in Fall 2005 HBO got closer to a $100 million payday for "Sex & the City" by selling reruns of the show in basic cable to TBS for a cash license fee of $450,000 for each of the 94 half-hours. TBS joins the Tribune-owned TV stations as buyers of "Sex," but TBS gets the show in June 2004, well before it reaches Tribune in TV syndication in the fall of 2005. For both Tribune and TBS, the license fee is only one part of the transaction: HBO will hold back three 30-second spots within each run for sale to national advertisers, which could add $300,000 or more an episode to the total, depending on the health of the advertising marketplace. And while Tribune and other TV stations play "Sex" on weeknights, mostly at 11 p.m., TBS plans to run the show four times a week in primetime, probably one hour a night over two nights in mid-week. Like HBO, TBS is part of the Time Warner media empire. TBS insisted on getting "Sex" 15 months before it kicked off in syndication because the Tribune deal includes the WGN superstation. For the first two years of the four-year deal in syndication, WGN will be able to satellite-feed the episodes to the 50-plus million cable and satellite subscribers outside Chicago that pick up WGN's signal, making the half-hours directly competitive with those on TBS, which reaches more than 87 million households in the U.S. Steve Koonin, executive VP and chief operating officer of TBS and TNT, said he's bullish about the Nielsen potential of "Sex" because only about 30 million households buy HBO every month. "Everybody's heard about the show, but not that many people have seen it," he said. Because "Sex" will run in primetime, not during the early evening, Koonin said TBS may run episodes that are less edited than for TV syndication. Television is a lot racier than it was a few years ago, and another batch of taboos, particularly in language and sex, seem to drop away every season, which may allow TBS to run the episodes closer to the way they were shot for HBO. Koonin said that, at least initially, TBS would probably run the version of "Sex "with cover footage that HBO shot for some of the more sexually graphic scenes. "We look on 'Sex & the City,' " he said, "as one of the building blocks of TBS' lineup of half-hour comedies." These include such hits as "Friends" and "Seinfeld," which TBS run now, and "Everybody Loves Raymond," which the network will start stripping in the fall of 2004. David Levy, president of entertainment sales and marketing for Turner Broadcasting, said he plans to do lots of promotional partnerships with sponsors on TBS' run of "Sex." Advertisers will pay a premium for these kind of "custom exposures," as Levy put it. TBS gets total exclusivity of "Sex" for the summer months of 2004. But HBO will be able to resume running the episodes in fall '04 on the main network and on one of its multiplex channels.
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09-30-2003, 09:18 PM	#2
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	Boy, oh boy! TBS is going to show reruns of "Sex and the City" the edited version sometime next year. HBO did the unedited one. I hope WPIX will show it in the future. Thankfully, the syndicated version for next year will remove all of the nude scenes and the voger languages will replace with lots of clean languages. The reruns for syndication will have either a TV-14 or TV-PG. Tribune TV will have it set for probably a year or so. Thank you TBS. I will watch the TV show unedited on HBO, HBO-2 and HBO Signature until probably happens. HBO channels did have a TV-MA in the unedited one.
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10-21-2003, 09:09 PM	#4
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	TBS will have them down to a TV-14 rating, according to next week's TV Guide. They are saying they will clean it up some, but still, it's going to be pretty close to how HBO runs it. Now in 2005, local stations and WGN will pick it up, and they say it will be even more clean then.
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04-05-2004, 02:35 PM	#9
r9108rerickson Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 19, 2004 Location: The state of Michigan! Posts: 20	TBS Begins airing on TBS June 15, 2004
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11-11-2003, 10:39 PM	#6
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	I don't know... we'll find out when it moves to Syndication next year. LOL Judging from a TV-14 rating, they will at least be a bit "cleaner"

11-12-2003, 11:24 PM	#7
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	Thanks!

12-25-2003, 01:56 PM	#8
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	If I don't watch the syndicated version being edited out this fall, I could watch the first 2 seasons uncut on DVD.

05-09-2004, 02:04 PM	#11
ilovethe80s Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 28, 2002 Location: MA Posts: 6,961	I think that Oxygen should pick up reruns of Sex and the City because i think that would be a better place for the show instead of TBS. I don't know how many people get Oxygen i get it because it's part of my digital cable package. I think that it would fit in really well with the rest of the schedule. Maybe if it doesn't do so well on TBS maybe Oxygen can get the rights to air it.

05-14-2004, 10:20 AM	#12
FullTivo Member Forum Hawk Join Date: May 14, 2004 Posts: 3	I’m one of those rare people who haven’t seen Sex and the City yet (I know, I know). I don’t have HBO and my girlfriends are ALWAYS raving about the show. Now I find out that I don’t have to have HBO, since TBS will be showing it in June. You can check out their website (http://www.tbs.tv/sexandthecity) for more details.

05-31-2004, 10:41 PM	#15
musicradio77 Disney Expert Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 14, 2003 Location: Brooklyn, NY USA Posts: 6,475	I saw the promo during one of the my Mom's favorite shows, "Law & Order".