2026-27 Syndication Thread

[H-Town TV Fan 253]

Another new syndicated TV season is getting closer, which means it's time to start discussing the new shows, schedule changes, etc., for the upcoming 2026-27 season.

[Georgie56 3664]

ESPN is ending the syndicated GMFB: Overtime.

[Megatron81 344]

I think that ESPN should've kept GMFB OT for syndication in my opinion than just on cable. GMFB OT is on late night on FOX17.

 

Looks like Police 24/7 is going to be on weekends this fall since that only has 60 EPs in total not enough for daily M-F. 

[AA55 41]

Very curious as to what the NBC stations will do across the country. Many of which will have lots of openings in their schedule with no Kelly, Access Daily, Access Hollywood.

[TVLurker 397]

alas we're living in the dark times of broadcast history where there's barely any syndicated content, even Daytime TV has taken a beating.

 

I'll be surprised if anything syndicated blows up this season.

[mre29 1978]

2 hours ago, TVLurker said:

alas we're living in the dark times of broadcast history where there's barely any syndicated content, even Daytime TV has taken a beating.

 

Even the court shows and conflict talkers?

 

[HanSolo 486]

7 hours ago, Megatron81 said:

I think that ESPN should've kept GMFB OT for syndication in my opinion than just on cable. GMFB OT is on late night on FOX17.

 

Looks like Police 24/7 is going to be on weekends this fall since that only has 60 EPs in total not enough for daily M-F. 

If the numbers aren’t there, they aren’t there. And pretty clearly they’re not there. 

[phillynewslover 167]

43 minutes ago, mre29 said:

 

Even the court shows and conflict talkers?

 

I agree on the court shows... but what conflict talkers? The only ones left are Maury, Karamo, and Steve Wilkos. Maury ended in 2022 and the latter two are ending this season. I don't know if reruns are continuing, but I would think not since it sounds like NBCUniversal is completely leaving the syndication business.

[TVLurker 397]

2 hours ago, phillynewslover said:

I agree on the court shows... but what conflict talkers? The only ones left are Maury, Karamo, and Steve Wilkos. Maury ended in 2022 and the latter two are ending this season. I don't know if reruns are continuing, but I would think not since it sounds like NBCUniversal is completely leaving the syndication business.

There is still Family Feud and The People's Court and all the other court shows that Allen puts out but there's not going to be much in the terms of new product.

[Action Newsroom 1379]

Game show Scrambled Up was renewed for a second season in syndication. 

https://deadline.com/2026/07/scrambled-up-renewed-season-2-national-syndication-1236981047/

 

[phillynewslover 167]

49 minutes ago, Action Newsroom said:

Game show Scrambled Up was renewed for a second season in syndication. 

https://deadline.com/2026/07/scrambled-up-renewed-season-2-national-syndication-1236981047/

 

That one's a little surprising to me, because I feel like that show has terrible time slots in most markets. Although it does seem like game shows are where it's at in syndication these days, with The Perfect Line and Flip Side being pretty successful.

[carolinanews4 456]

6 hours ago, phillynewslover said:

That one's a little surprising to me, because I feel like that show has terrible time slots in most markets. Although it does seem like game shows are where it's at in syndication these days, with The Perfect Line and Flip Side being pretty successful.

 

Game shows are cheap to produce. You can film a week's worth of episodes in a day. WoF and Jeopardy, for example, do a month of shows in a week. They stretch the production out over many months. But some shows crank it out in a more condensed timeline. Scrambled Up is doing 160 episodes, which is only 32 days of production (assuming 5 shows in a day) for an entire year's worth of content.  Plus, they shoot in Atlanta, which offers some cost savings compared to Hollywood. So even if the clearances aren't great and the ratings are meh, the low cost gives them a path to make a couple of bucks. 

 

Talk shows - especially ones that rely on celebrity guests - have become cost-prohibitive. You can't tape an interview with a star 6 months before their movie opens. So their production schedule is much closer to day and date. That's costly. And that is just one cost! Ha.