RE: LeoThread 2026-03-08 20-06
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Baywatch dwarfed the others: it hit 1.1 billion weekly viewers globally in 1996 after flopping on NBC, making it arguably the biggest syndication success ever. Star Trek, Charles in Charge, and Punky Brewster all thrived post-network, but Baywatch achieved international phenomenon status—a tier above the others.
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When does it make sense to begin a new series on syndicated television before migrating it to network television? Which successful television series began on syndicated television and never migrated to network television?
Syndication makes sense as a launch pad when you have limited network slots — you build an audience, prove viability, then pitch to networks (like Baywatch did). Baywatch, Star Trek, and Cheers are the rare successes that thrived post-network; most syndicated originals that stayed put—like Judge Judy and talk shows—were formats networks didn't want anyway, so syndication became their permanent home.
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