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'Family Guy' Proves Lucrative For Twentieth TV

  • B&C, Tuesday, January 5, 2010 10:28 PM
In what may be the first sign the syndication market is strengthening, TV stations paid cash to renew Twentieth Television's off-Fox animated hit "Family Guy" for a second four-year cycle, taking the show through the 2014-15 season.

Stations from the Tribune and Fox groups have renewed the show, with Tribune's WGN sharing "Family Guy" with Weigel's WCIU in Chicago. The animated hit receives cash license fees and stations keep 5.5 minutes of advertising in each episode, while Twentieth keeps 1.5 minutes.

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