'Harry' Sold in More Than 80% of U.S.

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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NBCUniversal has sold its new daytime variety show, Harry, starring Harry Connick Jr., in more than 80% of the country ahead of its debut next fall, said Sean O’Boyle, executive VP, syndication sales, NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution, in a statement.

Fox owned stations in 17 markets – including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago – will serve as Harry’s launch group. Additionally, stations from the Sinclair, Scripps, Media General, Hubbard, Cox, Nexstar, Gray, Bonten, Hearst, Raycom, Dispatch, Quincy and other groups have picked up the show.

Harry is the only national launch slated for next fall, although Tegna is selling T. D. Jakes and several other shows are being tested.

Justin and Eric Stangel will executive produce Harry along with Connick, Jr. and Ann Marie Wilkins. Harry is produced and distributed by NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution.

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.