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NBCU Tests Springer's 'Baggage' For Syndication

TVNewsCheck, Wednesday, January 12, 2011 11:11 PM

"Baggage," the Game Show Network dating show hosted by Jerry Springer, could be a new option for broadcast syndication, if all goes well in NBC Universal Television Distribution's 10-week, 10-market test of the show, which began Monday. The daily half-hour show, in its second season on GSN, is airing on nine Sinclair stations, including Tampa, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Birmingham and Las Vegas, and Weigel Broadcasting's WCIU in Chicago.

Baggage, which features three contestants vying for a date who have to divulge their "baggage," is being tested in afternoon, early and latenight time slots. In its first two days on air, the show averaged a 0.9 rating/2 share, down 10% from its lead-in and 25% from its year-ago time period average.

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