Universal renews strips

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Universal Domestic Television has renewed all five of its syndicated
strips: Maury, The Jerry Springer Show, Blind Date, 5th Wheel and
Crossing Over with John Edward.

Maury and Jerry are reupped through 2005, while the rest are one-year
deals.

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.