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'''Broadcast syndication''', in the television broadcasting industry, is the method of selling TV programs to individual stations without going through a network.<ref>[http://www.museum.tv/eotv/syndication.htm Syndication] at the Museum of Broadcast Communications</ref> Broadcast syndication is most common in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in Canada, which have independently-owned stations that are either network affiliates or operate as independent stations. It is not as common in Europe and the rest of the world, most of which have centralized networks that do not have independently-owned affiliates. Shows airing in syndication may air on an [[NBC]] affiliate in one market, or a [[Fox Network|FOX]] affiliate in another market, or on an independent station in another market, and may be broadcast either daily on weekdays (and in some cases, on weekends as well), which is the case for [[game show]]s, newsmagazines, courtroom and talk shows and reruns of [[sitcom]]s and [[drama]]s, or weekly (most often on weekends only) for some newsmagazines, political discussion shows, theatrical film packages, [[professional wrestling]] shows, hour-long dramas whose syndicators choose to air them only on weekends and off-network sitcoms and dramas that did not produce enough episodes in their original network runs to warrant daily airings.  Broadcast syndication exists in two forms:

'''Broadcast syndication''', in the television broadcasting industry, is the method of selling TV programs to individual stations without going through a network.<ref>[http://www.museum.tv/eotv/syndication.htm Syndication] at the Museum of Broadcast Communications</ref> Broadcast syndication is most common in the United States and, to a lesser extent, in Canada, which have independently-owned stations that are either network affiliates or operate as independent stations. It is not as common in Europe and the rest of the world, most of which have centralized networks that do not have independently-owned affiliates. Shows airing in syndication may air on an [[NBC]] affiliate in one market, or a [[Fox Network|FOX]] affiliate in another market, or on an [[independent station]] in another market, and may be broadcast either daily on weekdays (and in some cases, on weekends as well), which is the case for [[game show]]s, newsmagazines, courtroom and talk shows and reruns of [[sitcom]]s and [[drama]]s, or weekly (most often on weekends only) for some newsmagazines, political discussion shows, theatrical film packages, [[professional wrestling]] shows, hour-long dramas whose syndicators choose to air them only on weekends and off-network sitcoms and dramas that did not produce enough episodes in their original network runs to warrant daily airings.  Broadcast syndication exists in two forms:

* '''First-run syndication''', where programs run on individual stations in their first runs instead of on a network. Current notable first-run syndicated programs include game shows like ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'', ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' and ''[[Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?]]'', entertainment news programs like ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', ''Access'' and ''Extra'', courtroom shows like ''[[Judge Judy]]'', ''Hot Bench'' and ''The People's Court'' and talk shows like ''The Doctors'', ''Live with Kelly and Ryan'' and ''Dr. Phil''. First-run sitcoms, dramas, animated [[cartoon]]s and professional wrestling shows were also very popular in syndication in the past but are not as common today due to the proliferation of reality, talk and courtroom shows that currently air and, in the case of cartoons, the rise of cable TV channels specializing in cartoons (such as [[Cartoon Network]]) and bureaucratic regulation placing emphasis on the mandatory broadcasting of educational children's shows, a minimum of three hours per week of which must be aired on full-service broadcast stations as demanded by the [[Federal Communications Commission]].

* '''First-run syndication''', where programs run on individual stations in their first runs instead of on a network. Current notable first-run syndicated programs include game shows like ''[[Wheel of Fortune]]'', ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' and ''[[Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?]]'', entertainment news programs like ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', ''Access'' and ''Extra'', courtroom shows like ''[[Judge Judy]]'', ''Hot Bench'' and ''The People's Court'' and talk shows like ''The Doctors'', ''Live with Kelly and Ryan'' and ''Dr. Phil''. First-run sitcoms, dramas, animated [[cartoon]]s and professional wrestling shows were also very popular in syndication in the past but are not as common today due to the proliferation of reality, talk and courtroom shows that currently air and, in the case of cartoons, the rise of cable TV channels specializing in cartoons (such as [[Cartoon Network]]) and bureaucratic regulation placing emphasis on the mandatory broadcasting of educational children's shows, a minimum of three hours per week of which must be aired on full-service broadcast stations as demanded by the [[Federal Communications Commission]].