Networks Buying More From Outside; Warner Top Studio for Fourth Straight Year.(TV Currents)

TelevisionWeek, May, 2006 by Lisotta, Christopher

Byline: Christopher Lisotta Warner Bros. Television is the top program supplier to the broadcast networks for the fourth consecutive season, selling 11 new series to four networks. Combined with its 15 returning network shows, the studio has a total of 26 series for the 2006-07 season. The series tally does not include programming aired on Univision, Telemundo or MyNetworkTV, since series on those networks are developed in-house or purchased internationally, and are produced differently from the prime-time scripted programming that is sold to ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW.

It was an upfront season in which some networks were more likely than they were last year to buy shows from suppliers outside their own companies. It also was a season in which networks...

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