# Syndication for TV series requirements? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syndication-for-tv-series-requirements/165701 "2003-04-01T14:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syndication-for-tv-series-requirements/165701/1 "2003-04-01T14:09:27Z")
If Angel is not picked up for a fifth season, will that effectively doom its syndication possibilities? Conversely, if it is, will that mean it’s likely to be syndicated? I never would have gotten into Buffy if FX had not offered up nightly shows. I would like to explore Angel, and I know the first season is out on DVD… but that leaves an uncharted territory of seasons 2 and 3 as well as the near-completed season 4. I’m hoping syndication happens… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syndication-for-tv-series-requirements/165701/2 "2003-04-01T14:11:43Z")
I believe three seasons is usually considered enough for syndication, and in the case of a show like Angel, with a cult audience, it seems likely the lower limit will be acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syndication-for-tv-series-requirements/165701/3 "2003-04-01T14:13:31Z")
Generally shows need at least 100 episodes before there will be much interest in syndicating them. Depending on the show it may be syndicated with far fewer. Twin Peaks, for example, was syndicated (albeit mostly to Bravo) with fewer than 25 episodes. With four seasons, AtS would be somewhere between 80 and 90 episodes (there are some two-hour eps which for syndication purposes will count as two) so it’s not out of the realm of possibility that AtS would be picked up in syndication with four seasons. 20th Century Fox has an ownership interest in both Buffy and Angel so it’s quite likely that AtS will end up on FX along with Buffy (which IMHO isn’t true “syndication” but then IANANetwork exec). ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syndication-for-tv-series-requirements/165701/4 "2003-04-01T14:32:18Z")
TNT has already purchased the rights to rerun ANGEL ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syndication-for-tv-series-requirements/165701/5 "2003-04-01T14:46:28Z")
I have come to enjoy finding out what is getting syndicated (at what times it will air in my local market) FAR MORE than geeting a peak at the netwrks’ fall lineups. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syndication-for-tv-series-requirements/165701/6 "2003-04-01T15:35:54Z")
I believe what **Otto** says is true but it I’m not sure if it applies here. **Bricker** may be asking if new episodes will be shown in syndication. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syndication-for-tv-series-requirements/165701/7 "2003-04-01T16:40:46Z")
No - I was exploring what the possibilities were of cacthig up to Angel via a daily syndication dose thereof. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/syndication-for-tv-series-requirements/165701/8 "2003-04-01T16:43:21Z")
And of course, “cacthig” means “catching” in … um… Pylean.