Creek bubblin' green.(Columbia TriStar buys Dawson Creek for syndication)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, April, 2001 by Schlosser, Joe

'Network-maker' drama to get $1M per episode in syndication Next up on the suddenly hot off-network--drama block: Dawson's Creek. Columbia TriStar Television Distribution is taking The WB drama into the off-network syndication market this month, looking to land a weekday cable home and possibly simultaneous local station airings for the weekend.

Dawson's Creek, which debuted on The WB in January 1998, will be available for fall 2002, according to CTTD executives. And sources say there is interest from a broad range of national cable outlets, including USA Network and TNT/TBS. Other networks in the hunt are Fox Family Channel, MTV Networks, Lifetime and possibly Oxygen. Former WB executives Jamie Kellner and Garth Ancier, who now run Turner...

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