HunterMon17
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When I was a little kid it used to be that when a cartoon aired on Nick, Disney Channel, or Cartoon Network, new episodes were played on TV every week for any number of seasons, then they'd keep playing it on TV for a number of years after it was done, this was called syndication. The amount of time they'd do this varied, sometimes a show would be syndicated for as little as 1 year. Other times they'd syndicate it for up to 10 years or more.
Nowadays, when a show is done playing new episodes they just throw it in the trash, and you're lucky if you even get more than 1 month of syndication. I don't know why networks stopped doing this, syndication was an excellent way to make additional revenue on shows they didn't even have to pay for anymore. Plus it gave a chance for kids to keep watching these shows for a long time & an easy way to introduce ended shows to younger kids.
What's changed over the years to make syndication reruns of cartoons extinct on TV?
Nowadays, when a show is done playing new episodes they just throw it in the trash, and you're lucky if you even get more than 1 month of syndication. I don't know why networks stopped doing this, syndication was an excellent way to make additional revenue on shows they didn't even have to pay for anymore. Plus it gave a chance for kids to keep watching these shows for a long time & an easy way to introduce ended shows to younger kids.
What's changed over the years to make syndication reruns of cartoons extinct on TV?
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