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Why Is This Show Not In Syndication?


This puzzles me. They have more than enough episodes for syndication standards. Why is it not being syndicated? Is it some people involved with the show wont sign contracts? It cant be channels turning it dowm can it?

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It was for a little while on WGN and it is also internationally I believe. But I don't get it either though. The only current CW shows in syndication are Arrow and Supernatural which are shown on TNT.

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TNT already has its genre picks in Supernatural, and their to catch Superhero viewers in Arrow. TVD won't take Supernaturals place on that network. Besides that network I don't even know if any CW shows are in syndication outside of TNT.

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I wonder if Netflix have an exclusivity deal or something.
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It could be an exclusivity clause by Netflix but even before the new deal, it was on Hulu. I would've thought it would have been on ABC Family now known as Freeform since I could swear I remember them being very interested in episodes. Maybe they have to wait for the show to end on CW to be available?

I miss when they used to show the shows on WGN like that. That was years after the WB stopped airing on WGN but thats what it reminded me of. I would've loved if that would've happened with Smallville and then later with The Flash. What the heck happened with that idea? I think the shows like Arrow and Vampire Diaries did that one or two years maybe and it never happened again. Maybe when it went on Netflix that ended that idea somehow?

If anything else goes to TNT it's gonna be The Flash since they just signed a new deal with Warner Bros and D.C. Comics for live action shows and movies a few weeks ago.

Yeah I think the only shows from CW syndicated now are Arrow and SPN. I think syndication as we know it is done with stuff like Netflix, Hulu and streaming from stations like CW. Sad too because going as far back as The WB there's so much quality u can show on channels so I'd love to see the other shows pop up on networks in reruns.

Thinking about it today, like I said earlier, I really think it has something to do with maybe the show has to be over for it to air on other networks with reruns. Maybe they have to wait for royalties to calm down or something. It's not a bad show and my friends and I r fans of it so I'd love to see reruns air on networks like Freeform or FX.

The TNT thing. I don't know y Charmed reruns seem to b untouchable on that channel. It's been off for awhile. If they dropped Charmed I could easily see them showing Vampire Diaries and going full tilt with repeats.

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Yeah syndication isn't as popular as it used to be. This show can easily fit into the Chill network or Syfy but it's not in syndication. I'm wondering if that has something do with it as well. Since like what was said before none of the original shows are in syndication. Gossip Girl was on Style for like a year but that's about it.

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The charmed repeats are untouchable because they repeat the best ratings wise on tnt.

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