Tribune Entertainment

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Tribune Entertainment was a television production and syndication company owned and operated by Tribune Broadcasting in the mid-1980s. Many programs offered from Tribune Entertainment have been broadcast on the company's television stations.

On December 18, 2007, Tribune Entertainment announced it would exit the program distribution business.[1] Two of the programs on its roster, American Idol Rewind and Soul Train, were transferred to Trifecta Entertainment & Media; Rewind has since been transferred to TV Guide Network and Soul Train has suspended distribution to local stations (cable channel Centric now carries the program, through new rightsholder MadVision Entertainment).

South Park, which Tribune distributed along with Debmar-Mercury, is now co-distributed by Twentieth Television. Another program, the revival of Family Feud, was sold to Debmar-Mercury for the 2007-08 season.[2] Some producers of Tribune-distributed programs, such as Telco Productions (producer of Animal Rescue, Missing and Dog Tales), opted to distribute the programs themselves.[3]

The only other program that was affected was U.S. Farm Report, which as it involves personalities from Chicago sister operation WGN Radio and still had a loyal audience, moved to the cable channel RFD-TV. It syndicated and produced shows from/with DiC, Village Roadshow and other producers.

Tribune continues to syndicate some programming among its owned and operated stations, most commonly parades and holiday specials.

In 2010, Tribune announced that it would be considering a reentry into the syndication market, with two new talk shows, one a tabloid-style show hosted by Bubba the Love Sponge, and another, "Big Willie" (since renamed The Bill Cunningham Show). Both programs have filmed pilot programs which have aired in late night time periods on several Tribune stations.[4] As of 2011, only Cunningham's show has been picked up, but will air exclusively on Tribune's O&Os as they look for a co-partner. A weekly game show entitled On the Spot is set to be launched through Tribune in fall 2011, but will be distributed by Twentieth Television.

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[edit] Programs

This is a listing of programs which were either produced or distributed by Tribune Entertainment:

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[edit] Animated series

[edit] Daytime shows

[edit] First-run syndicated shows

[edit] Late night talk/variety shows

[edit] Made-for-TV movies/Mini-series

[edit] News/information series

[edit] Specials

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pursell, Chris (Thursday, July 08, 2010). "Tribune Entertainment Ends Distribution Operation". TV Week. http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/12/tribune_entertainment_ends_dis.php. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Pursell, Chris (Thursday, July 08, 2010). "Trifecta Picks Up 'Idol Rewind' for Distribution". TV Week. http://www.tvweek.com/news/2007/12/trifecta_picks_up_idol_rewind.php. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
  3. ^ Paen, Alex (December 20, 2007). "Telco Tribune release". Telco Productions. http://www.telcoproductions.com/Telco-Tribune-release.pdf. Retrieved 9 July 2010. [dead link]
  4. ^ "Tribune looking to get back into syndication". TPR. 03 June, 2010. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/24739.html. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
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