'Anderson' Ups Clearances to More Than 65% of Country

Warner Bros.' Anderson, starring Anderson Cooper, is now cleared in more than 65% of the country to launch next fall, the company said Monday.

The syndicator has added another 39 stations to its roster, bringing the total thus far to 79 stations. New clearances include KTVU San Francisco, WXIA Atlanta, WDIV Detroit, PPHO Phoenix, WFTS Tampa, KTVD/KUSA Denver, WOIO Cleveland, KDNL St. Louis, WPXI Pittsburg, WCMH Columbus, WHTM Harrisburg, WVTM Birmingham and WWMT Grand Rapids.

In all, stations from groups representing the Allbritton, Capital, Citadel, Cordillera, Cox, Fisher, Fox, Freedom, Gannett, Hearst, Hubbard, LIN, Local TV, Media General, Meredith, Midwest TV, Morgan Murphy New Vision, Newport, Northwest, Raycom, Sarkes Tarzian, Schurz, Scripps, Sinclair, Smith Media, Titan and Tribune station groups have bought the new daily series.

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.