'Pirro' Preps for Fall Launch
Court show sold in 75% of U.S.
By Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/9/2009 2:35:02 PM
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has sold its first-run court strip, Judge Jeanine Pirro, to the Fox Television Stations for fall 2009, said Ken Werner, president of WBDTD and Frank Cicha, senior vice president of programming for the Fox Television Stations, on Monday.
The show, sold for all barter, is cleared in 75% of the country for its second season, including on the Sinclair, CBS, Tribune, Scripps-Howard, Raycom, Belo, Newport, Freedom, LIN, ComCorp, Journal, Grant, Meredith and Four Points broadcast TV groups. Fox has cleared the show on its nine duopoly markets, including top markets New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Baltimore. Sinclair has cleared the show in 27 markets, including Pittsburgh, Raleigh-Durham, N.C., Cincinnati and Milwaukee.
Judge Jeanine Pirro comes to syndication after one year on The CW television network, where it ran at 3 p.m. Next fall, Warner Bros.’ The Tyra Banks Show will move out of first-run syndication and on to The CW.
Pirro is the former county judge and district attorney for New York’s Westchester County. The outspoken judge also made a name for herself as a commentator on such news programs as NBC’s Today, ABC’s Good Morning America, Fox News and CNN’s Larry King.
The show addresses many topics from Pirro’s own legal career, in which she fought for justice for women, children and the disenfranchised. She was elected Westchester County’s first female County Court Judge in 1990 and Westchester’s first female District Attorney in 1993.
Judge Jeanine Pirro is produced by Warner Bros.’ Telepictures Productions and originates from Chicago. Bo Banks (Judge Mathis) is the executive producer. Judge Greg Mathis serves as executive consultant.
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Y cancel a show that has higher ratings & won an award? Stupid. JJP should stay on cw where no 1 will watch it bc no 1 watched the show.
I think there was some underhanded thing going on for JP --who always is on fox various show commentating-- to now have her show be bought by fox.
Trading successful Tyra show to cw in exchange for JP is STUPID. Cancelling Cristina's Court for which has higher ratings ( 1.1mil to JP's 600,000 ) is STUPID.
Cristina's court won another emmmy so perhaps fox will come to its senses.
lilkunta - 9/6/2009 11:39:33 AM EDT -
The citizens of Westchester County, New York, say, we only know the dark side of Jeanine Ferris Pirro. we'd like to add that Pirro is a heartless human being, and all the people who are putting her on a pedestal, shame on you because you know what she is too, and in the long run, you can't buy Mrs. Pirro ratings. Sooner or later Jeanine Pirro will run out of favors, and the best is, Pirro's bullsh-t will get her to the top, but it's not gonna keep her there. In the end, it's called Karma, hum, let's see, she's still under investigation by the FEDS, maybe, her indictment day will come before the fall. We look forward to the day she's brought to Justice for corrupting Westchester County Courts. Pandora's Box is wide open in Westchester County, New York.
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