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Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown
Weekend Adventure (originally known as ABC Weekend Adventure and Litton's Weekend Adventure) is an American broadcast syndication, syndicated Block programming, programming block that is produced by Hearst Media Production Group, and airs weekend mornings on the owned-and-operated stations and network affiliate, affiliates of American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The block features live-action documentary and lifestyle series aimed at a family audience that meet E/I, educational programming requirements defined by the Children's Television Act. Announced on May 24, 2011, Litton's Weekend Adventure premiered on September 3, 2011, replacing the ABC Kids (TV programming block), ABC Kids block. The block is syndicated to ABC stations directly rather than being part of the network's official schedule. This was the result of a compromise between the network and its stations after ABC management decided in 2010 that it no longer wanted to provide educational programming. Thus, Weekend Adve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent Network affiliate, affiliates. Syndication is less widespread in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates. Shows can be syndicated internationally, although this is less common. Three common types of syndication are: ''first-run'' syndication, which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically for the purpose of selling it into syndication; ''Off-network'' syndication (colloquially called a "rerun"), which is the licensing of a program whose first airing was on stations inside the Television broadcaster, television network that prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |