IS PARAMOUNT MAKING MONEY ON TNG & DS9?
Yes. Tons. The following is stolen from industry trade magazines VARIETY and BROADCASTING, as well as Roger Tang: FIRST: License fees (the fees studios charge individual stations to run their programs): Let’s say Paramount charges each station $2,000 to run the first run package. That’s ball park; other stations can get $10-20K per episode in top 20 markets. Also, Turner can expect $800,000 to $1 million per episode show of THE WONDER YEARS when it goes into backend syndication. $2,000 per episode times 238 stations yields $476,000 per episode shown in first run syndication (which does NOT count the later syndication or backend syndication). SECOND: Commercial fees: According to Vidiot, Paramount has seven minutes of national advertising in each show. BROADCASTING has published figures of $60-80,000 per 30 second spot. They have also mentioned that rates for the third and fourth seasons are around $135,000 per 30 second spot. Adweek’s Marketing Week mentioned that a 30-second ad for fi
Yes. Tons. The following is stolen from industry trade magazines VARIETY and BROADCASTING, as well as Roger Tang: FIRST: License fees (the fees studios charge individual stations to run their programs): Let’s say Paramount charges each station $2,000 to run the first run package. That’s ball park; other stations can get $10-20K per episode in top 20 markets. Also, Turner can expect $800,000 to $1 million per episode show of THE WONDER YEARS when it goes into backend syndication. $2,000 per episode times 238 stations yields $476,000 per episode shown in first run syndication (which does NOT count the later syndication or backend syndication). SECOND: Commercial fees: According to Vidiot, Paramount has seven minutes of national advertising in each show. BROADCASTING has published figures of $60-80,000 per 30 second spot. They have also mentioned that rates for the third and fourth seasons are around $135,000 per 30 second spot. Adweek’s Marketing Week mentioned that a 30-second ad for fi
