'Burn Notice' Cleared in 60% of U.S.

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Twentieth's Burn Notice, which currently airs on NBC Universal's USA Network, has been cleared in 60% of the U.S. for weekend syndication starting in fall 2012.

The show is cleared in nine of the top-ten markets, and thus far, mostly on Fox-owned stations.

Burn Notice is the top-rated show on basic cable. It stars Jeffrey Donovan as "burned" spy Michael Westen, Gabrielle Anwar as his trigger-happy ex-girlfriend, Fiona, and Bruce Campbell as Michael's buddy, whose ex-military intelligence skills come in handy. The show is created and executive produced by Matt Nix.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

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.