From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Debuting Syndicated stuff
Date: 5 Jan 93 02:12:06 GMT
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout


The following information was obtained from Broadcasting - 1/4/93:

		DEBUTING FIRST-RUN STRIPS

TALK SHOWS

	The Chevy Chase Show			Twentieth (^)
	The Bertice Berry Show			Twentieth
	The Les Brown Show			King World
	The Ricki Lake Show			Columbia Pictures

REALITY-BASED MAGAZINES

	American Journal			King World
	Teen Court				Group W
	Wavelength				Rysher
	Real Stories of the Highway Patrol	Genesis

GAME SHOWS

	Caesars Challenge			Cannell

CHILDREN'S

	The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog	Bohbot
	Bonkers					Buena Vista
	Captain Planet				Turner Program Services
	Conan the Adventurer			Claster
	Dirt Clods				Gunther-Wahl
	Earthship Pyramid			Gunther-Wahl
	The Hallo Spencer Show			Saban
	Mr. Bogus				Zodiac
	The Pink Panther			Claster
	XUXA					MTM


		FIRST-RUN WEEKLIES

REALITY-BASED

	Clever Cleaver Brothers			MG/Perin
	Crusaders				Buena Vista
	Firefighters				Grove Television
	Front Runners				KOMO-TV Seattle/TLK
	Mental Soup				MG/Perin
	MotorWeek				ITC
	Mouth Off				Hearst
	Prime Suspect				Rysher
	VH1 Top 21 Countdown			All American
	Guess? Television			Western International

CHILDREN'S

	Biker Mice From Mars			Genesis
	Exosquad				MCA TV
	My Little Pony Tales			Sunbow
	Mad Scientist's Toon Club		Saban
	New Adventures of Speed Racer		Group W
	Star Kids Challenge			Litton
	Transformer Generation 2		Claster
	Twinkle					Zodiac
	Untitled weekly				Hearst Animation
	Untitled weekly				Viacom

HOUR ACTION-ADVENTURES

	Acapulco H.E.A.T.			All American
	Babylon 5				Warner/PTEN (1)
	Bonanza: The Legends of Ponderosa	Network Ventures
	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues		Warner/PTEN (2)
	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine		Paramount (2)
	Time Trax				Warner/PTEN (2)
	The Untouchables			Paramount (2)
	Okavango				Rysher
	Baywatch companion			All American
	Highlander companion			Rysher
	Street Justice/Renegade companion	Cannell

HALF-HOUR ACTION-ADVENTURES

	Marshal Charley				RHD
	Paradise Beach				Genesis (^^)


		DEBUTING OFF-NET SERIES

1993-94 HALF-HOURS

	1st & Ten				Western International (#)
	Coach					MCA TV (*)
	Cops					Twentieth (**)
	Empty Nest				Buena Vista
	Family Matters				Warner (+)
	Harry and the Hendersons		MTM

1994-95 HALF-HOURS

	Doogie Howser, M.D.			Twentieth
	Evening Shade				MTM
	Fresh Prince				Warner
	The Simpsons				Twentieth

1995-96 HALF-HOURS

	Blossom					Buena Vista
	Dinosaurs				Buena Vista (+)

1995-96/1996-97 HALF-HOURS  (No formal launch dates set)

	Herman's Head				Buena Vista
	Home Improvement			Buena Vista
	In Living Color				Twentieth
	Parker Lewis				Columbia Pictures
	ROC					Warner
	Seinfeld				Columbia Pictures
	True Colors				Twentieth

1994-95 HOUR OFF-NET

	Beverly Hills 90210			Worldvision (+)
	Northern Exposure			MCA TV (+)


(1) Two-hour back-door pilot may launch as 1993-94 weekly series
(2) Weekly action-adventure hours launching in January 1993
(#) Off-cable series
(+) All-barter series
(*) Stations can trigger show in fall 1993, remaining launch in fall 1994
(**) Currently in slow rollout; many markets will trigger in fall 1995
(^) Twentieth is producing show for Fox Broadcasting, but will be selling
    it in syndication to non-Fox markets
(^^) 13-week summer test
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