Twentieth Does 70 Or Better Coming Out of Vegas

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Twentieth Television says it has come out of the NATPE convention in Las Vegas with at least 70% clearances for all of the shows it was pitching there.

Leading the way are Judge Alex and off-net comedy Still Standing, both cleared in 86% of the country, followed by Divorce Court, 85%; new show Christina's Court (Christina Perez, who has hosted Family Court on Telemundo), with 80% clearance; telenovela Desire and Geraldo at Large, both at 70%.

All but the Geraldo clearances are for 2006-07. Twentieth is concentrating on fleshing out its Geraldo lineup for this season.

The show came into the NATPE convention with 60% clearance, according to the syndicator. It only launched Oct. 31 and began as a slow roll-out on the Fox O&O stations.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.