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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 367417" data-attributes="member: 27">Though there was no set day or time for the individual stations to air their syndicated purchases, the choice to air a lot of the hour-long programs on the weekends probably had more to do with trying to counter-program various sporting events that were airing on the big networks every weekend.&nbsp; Once Fox grew large enough to buy the rights to air some of those sporting events, those stations did not have to rely as much on buying syndicated originals (or reruns, for that matter).&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m sure there was some thought about choosing a particular show to air at a particular time because it was the more appropriate choice---thus why Fame might have ended up in a late-Saturday morning slot rather than, say Forever Knight with its more &quot;nighttime primetime&quot; feel.&nbsp; But no, there wasn&#039;t much pressure on stations from the syndicator to air a show at any particular time unless maybe it was time-sensitive like Entertainment Tonight or tabloid garbage like Hard Copy. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 367417, member: 27"] Though there was no set day or time for the individual stations to air their syndicated purchases, the choice to air a lot of the hour-long programs on the weekends probably had more to do with trying to counter-program various sporting events that were airing on the big networks every weekend. Once Fox grew large enough to buy the rights to air some of those sporting events, those stations did not have to rely as much on buying syndicated originals (or reruns, for that matter). I'm sure there was some thought about choosing a particular show to air at a particular time because it was the more appropriate choice---thus why [I]Fame [/I]might have ended up in a late-Saturday morning slot rather than, say [I]Forever Knight [/I]with its more "nighttime primetime" feel. But no, there wasn't much pressure on stations from the syndicator to air a show at any particular time unless maybe it was time-sensitive like [I]Entertainment Tonight[/I] or tabloid garbage like [I]Hard Copy. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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