Sony Pictures Television's 'The Greg Behrendt Show' Now Sold in 80% of the Country
January 09 2006 - 3:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
New Syndicated Relationship/Talk Show Cleared in 23 of the Top 25
Markets Including Powerhouse Network Affiliates CULVER CITY,
Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Pictures Television's (SPT)
highly anticipated new relationship/talk series, "The Greg Behrendt
Show," has been sold to television stations in 23 of the top 25
markets and is now cleared in 80% of the country, it was announced
today by John Weiser, president, distribution, SPT. In addition to
all 26 Tribune stations, clearances now include top-ranking
stations WDIV/Detroit (Post-Newsweek), KTVK/Phoenix (Belo),
WOIO/Cleveland and (Raycom) and WYTU/Milwaukee (Weigel), plus
stations from other key powerhouse groups, including Sinclair and
Hubbard Broadcasting and The WB 100+ Station Group. Best-selling
author and comedian Greg Behrendt, who co-wrote the best sellers
"He's Just Not That Into You" and "It's Called a Breakup Because
It's Broken," will dispense practical advice in a humorous yet
empowering and uplifting manner in the syndicated one-hour
relationship/talk show scheduled for a fall 2006 launch. Sony
Pictures Television is one of the television industry's leading
content providers. It produces and distributes programming in every
genre, including series, telefilms, theatrical releases and family
entertainment for network and cable television, as well as
first-run and off-network series for syndication. With more than 25
programs on the air, SPT boasts a program slate that includes the
top-rated daytime dramas and game shows, landmark off-network
series, original animated series and critically acclaimed primetime
dramas, comedies and telefilms. Sony Pictures Television,
Advertiser Sales, is one of the premiere national advertising sales
companies, handling the commercial inventory in SPT syndicated
series and for high definition channels INHD and INHD2. Together,
the Sony and MGM film and television libraries constitute the
largest collection of its kind in the world. SPT
(http://www.sonypicturestelevision.com/) is a Sony Pictures
Entertainment company. DATASOURCE: Sony Pictures Television
CONTACT: Cynthia Lieberman of Sony Pictures Television,
+1-310-244-3792, Web site: http://www.sonypicturestelevision.com/
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