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JUST IN TIME FOR NATPE
With firm station deals in hand for The Ellen Degeneres Show and The Sharon Osbourne Show, Warner Bros. Domestic Television and its Telepictures production arm have emerged the big winners in the syndication derby leading up to NATPE in New Orleans next week.
The syndicator last week said the 14 NBC owned-andoperated stations next fall will air Ellen, its new one-hour talker, and the Tribune stations will pick up Sharon, also one hour of talk.
"Ellen is an amazing talent," said Jim Paratore, executive vice president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television and president of Telepictures Productions. "The talk and variety segments that we're going to produce will appeal to the core young upscale female. It's the same for them in prime time, so Ellen is very consistent with NBC's brand."
The NBC deal clears Ellen is 30% of the country. The...