Retrogram #9060: What Did You Do During The Syndication Wars?

Oh No, It’s The ’90s!: Ah, the ’90s – a decade that turned the broadcast industry upside-down. You know, just like every previous decade since broadcasting was invented. But Retrogram is about to start going there, so it seemed like a good time to talk about why so much ’90s genre TV was syndicated. And why the ’90s syndication landscape looks an awful lot like the ’20s streaming landscape. Why aren’t your favorite ’90s shows out on Blu-Ray? How far into the ’90s will Retrogram go? The answers to these questions and probably two or three others are in this show. (53:12)

Special thanks to theLogBook.com’s Discord community for suggesting this topic and sending me down a real research rabbit hole.

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The episode of Don’t Give This Tape To Earl mentioned in this show: “How To Make A Uniquely Wisconsin Sci-Fi Channel”

Strongly recommended reading: “Season Finale: The Unexpected Rise and Fall of the WB and UPN” by Susanne Daniels & Cynthia Littleton

Earl can also be heard on Roddenberry’s daily Sci-Fi 5 podcast

Music by Jahzzar

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Music (in order):

“Great Dark Spot”, “F.O.”, “Weatherman”, and “She Loves” by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA

“Rumbling Roof” by Soft and Furious (freemusicarchive.org) CC BY-SA (break music)

Here’s an actual promo I once put together that would never have existed without the Prime Time Access Rule. It is a thing of beauty.