Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site trsvax Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!qantel!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!trsvax!uhclem From: uhclem@trsvax Newsgroups: net.startrek Subject: Re: longest running series Message-ID: <54700022@trsvax> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 12:31:00 EDT Article-I.D.: trsvax.54700022 Posted: Tue Aug 6 12:31:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 04:19:58 EDT References: <1959@sunybcs.UUCP> Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #R:sunybcs.UUCP:-195900:trsvax:54700022:000:1007 Nf-From: trsvax!uhclem Aug 6 11:31:00 1985 /* Written 2:39 pm Aug 1, 1985 by pucc-h!ags in trsvax:net.startrek */ >... Usually >a series has to last five seasons before it is considered suitable for >syndication. Star Trek had only three seasons. >---- Nope, three years is the magic number. Remember "Paper Chase" or "Batman"? There are a few very short-lived shows that end up in syndication, but that is fairly rare. These are usually shows that did fairly well, (or at least the production company thought they did) and ended up being placed against "60 Minutes" or the "A-Team". (This helps recoup the production costs on these die-from-competition shows.) A few years ago I also saw a large ad in a video production magazine that said "Your Three Year Wait Is Over! The Dukes Of Hazard Is Now Available for Syndication!...". In these cases, I wish it was five years."Thank you, Uh Clem." Frank Durda IV @