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Jun 9, 2009 · The Syndicated Season: 1987-1988. When Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted in September 1987, its success shook up the first-run syndication market. Many of the other shows that premiered in syndication during the 1987-1988 season, like Marblehead Manor, Bustin’ Loose, and You Can’t Take It With You, are long forgotten.
- ‘Martin’ Ran For 5 Seasons from 1992 to 1997 on Fox
- Martin Lawrence Become A Major Movie Star
- Carl Anthony Payne II Leads A Successful Movie and TV Career
- Thomas Mikal Ford Met An Untimely Death in 2016
- Tichina Arnold Began Her Career Alongside Another ‘Martin’ Cast Member
- Is ‘Martin’ Streaming in 2022?
Martin debuted on Fox on Aug. 27, 1992. It ran for five seasons until May 1, 1997. And during that time, Martin was among the network’s biggest hits. The storyline follows DJ Martin Payne (Martin Lawrence) and his life with his girlfriend, Gina Waters-Payne (Tisha Campbell). Though Lawrence and Campbell infamously didn’t get along for part of the s...
During his time on Martin, Lawrence starred opposite Will Smith in the 1995 hit film Bad Boys. And after the show ended, he continued his movie career, starring in hits such as Blue Streak, Big Momma’s House, Bad Boys II, Open Season, and Wild Hogs. The now-57-year-old actor also reunited with Smith for 2020’s Bad Boys for Life.
Before playing Martin’s best friend Cole Brown, Carl Anthony Payne II had a recurring role on The Cosby Show as Walter “Cockroach” Bradley. But Martin drew more attention to Payne’s comedic chops. The now-53-year-old has since portrayed Carl in Rock Me Baby, Curtis in George Lopez from 2002 to 2003, and Myles Wilson in Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan.
Thomas Mikal Ford played Martin’s other best friend, Tommy Strawn. He’s also the only main cast member on Martin to have died since the series finale. Before his death of a ruptured abdominal aneurysm in 2016 at age 52, the actor had a recurring role on The Parkers from 1999 to 2001 and portrayed Malcolm Barker on New York Undercover.
Like Tisha Campbell, Martin cast member Tichina Arnold appeared in 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors. On Martin, she played Pam James, best friend of Campbell’s Gina. Arnold has gone on to much success in TV series such as Everybody Hates Chris, Happily Divorced, Survivor’s Remorse, and The Neighborhood. Most recently, the 53-year-old star guested on B...
Fans interested in 2022’s Martin: The Reunion can watch the special on BET+. Viewers can also see all Martin episodes on that streaming platform. In addition, the entire series is streaming on HBO Max and Sling, Just Watchreports.
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By 1986, 17 years after entering syndication, Star Trek was the most popular syndicated series; [80] by 1987, Paramount made $1 million from each episode; [23] and by 1994, the reruns still aired in 94% of the United States.
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- 178 VOTES. The Stars of I Love Lucy Basically Invented Syndication. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz made reruns commonplace, and without reruns, there would be no syndication.
- 136 VOTES. Syndication Can Be a Very Lucrative Business. There's big money to be made in syndication - especially for 2 Broke Girls. The syndication rights to the CBS sitcom were sold to TBS in 2012 for a record-setting $1.7 million per episode, the most ever for a half-hour sitcom.
- 189 VOTES. Seinfeld Has Generated More Than $3 Billion in Syndication. Seinfeld is unquestionably the most successful second-run syndicated show of all time: the show has generated over $3.1 billion (that's right: billion) in syndication fees since NBC aired the last episode in 1998.
- 118 VOTES. Star Trek: TNG Is the Only First-Run Syndicated Show to Receive an Emmy Nom for Best Drama. First-run syndicated TV dramas just don't get the respect of network shows, especially at the Emmys.
Second-Run Syndication, or off-network syndication, is when a show has reruns aired in a "syndication package" across different networks, where episodes are used to fill in gaps in the programming.
Once a show hits 100 episodes typically, it can go into syndication, where the re-runs from previous seasons get sold and run on various channels, sometimes multiple times a day, 5 days a week, on multiple channels.
If a show went into syndication after one season there would be people watching the new episodes on one channel and another watching reruns on another channel so dividing the audience and the important advertising dollars. As an example, Star Trek the next generation was produced as a syndicated show.
