NATPE e6 package. (A daily JEM series is planned for lywood Squares was cleared in 32 markets clearances in 75% of the country, due in par September 1987.) My Little Pony W' for access time periods. The show will air in to the show's strong performance in Los An Friends, a new half-hour animated series also access time periods on wABC-Tv New York geles. Strictly Business did not "receive th( debuted at NATPE. The series, slated to air and WLS-TV Chicago. Among markets attention it deserved," according to Greenb- this fall, has cleared 87 markets and is avail- cleared at NATPE were WISH -TV Indianapo- latt. He said that the company is in 20 mar- able on a barter basis. Claster's two daily lis; KYW-TV Philadelphia; KXTV(TV) Sacra- kets with the weekly half-hour report pro half -hour strips, GI Joe and The Transform- mento, Calif.; WSMV -TV Nashville and duced at WNBC -TV New York. ers, are being renewed. The Transformers is WSPA -TV Greenville, S.C. Orion Television Tales of the Darkside, which goes to i cash/barter and appears on 142 stations and senior vice president Scott Towle said Holly- strip in 1987, has now been sold in 25 mar GI Joe, offered for barter, is being carried in wood Squares has now cleared 50% of the kets. 126 markets. country. Despite having that highest -rated show. Genesis Entertainment's The Judge was Lorimar -Telepictures announced it cleared Small Wonder, in the convention's hottest one of NATPE's hottest attractions. The all three of its first -run sitcoms: It's a Living, genre (first-run sitcoms), one observer saic first-run courtroom strip, available this fall Mama's Family and One Big Family. The the mood at the Metromedia Producers for cash/barter, was in a heated battle with first -run sitcoms have been cleared in 72 Corp. booth was like that of a "wake," giver Lorimar-Telepictures 's Superior Court for markets representing 65% clearance, includ- the expectation that the company's purchas- stations. Genesis President Gary Gannaway ing 36 of the top 40 stations. er, Rupert Murdoch, will fold the Metrome- said that The Judge "has a track record, re- Lorimar- Telepictures said that KNBC -TV dia syndication in with 20th Cen- ferring to the that been division fact the series has on Los Angeles renewed It's a Living and tury Fox. the air for 12 years on WBNS(TV) Columbus, bought Mama's Family for the fall 1986. hi Nonetheless, prospects for the New Pro- Ohio. As NATPE drew to a close, Genesis addition, 10 network affiliates have agreed gram Group -produced Small Wonder look had commitments from a number of group to pick up the sitcoms. as bright as ever, according to Steve operators including Pulitzer, Times Mirror, Leb The company also announced a firm go lang, director of domestic syndication re- Lin, Taft, the CBS O &O's, Channel 5 TV for its new courtroom drama show, Superior search. The show will be in a minimum 92 Co., Cox, Allbritton, Gannett, King Broad- of Court. markets in 1987, including 44 the top 50. casting, Viacom and Gillette. of Another first-mn offering from Genesis was The Best of the National Geographic turner Program Services, a subsidiary of Multimedia Entertainment President Mik< Specials, 24 one -hour specials available on a Turner Broadcasting System, has cleared Weinblatt announced that Donahue will b< barter basis. Among other Genesis programs 73% of the country with its Goodwill moving out of its morning time period or at NATPE: World War II: GI Diary, 25 half Games, an international athletic competition WBBM -TV Chicago and into an aftemoor hours, narrated by Lloyd Bridges; to be held in Moscow July 5 -20. As of last Wild, time period during the second half of 1986 Wild World of Animals, 115 half hours, and Tuesday (Jan. 21), TPS had announced corn - Donahue has been losing at 9 a.m. to WLS The Africans, six one -hour specials. mitments from wNew Tv New York, KTLA- TV Los Angeles and WGBS -TV Philadelphia. TV's locally-produced Oprah Winfrey Show A commitment for Washington was expect- which will premiere in syndication this fall. King World announced a firm go for its new ed to be announced last week as well. Weinblatt said that outside of Multime late -night half-hour strip, Night Life Star- Henry Gillespie, TPS president, said the dia's first priority of maintaining Donahue ring David Brenner. The barter- plus -cash games would clear 85% to 90% of the coun- and continuing to move it into afternoon series (two 30- second spots withheld) has try "at 3:30 p.m. on March 3." The games, time periods (it switched from NBC aftiliau been sold to 65 stations representing 68% consisting of 129 hours, are being made WXAS -TV Dallas at 9 a.m. to replace Amer coverage. Stations include WABC -TV New available on a barter basis and are expected ica on ABC affiliate WFAA -TV, for example) York, KCOP -TV Los Angeles, WLS -TV Chica- to be carried in 50 countries and to be tuned the company is developing programing fo: go, KBHK-TV San Francisco, WDIV TV De- in by 500 million homes. It was said last other dayparts, particularly the late night an troit, KXAS -TV Dallas, KHOU -TV Houston week that Bond Media is buying the Austra- access time periods. Among the new serie! and KMSP -Tv Minneapolis. lian rights. Multimedia brought to NATPE was Brea! The Oprah Winfrey Show, which King Through, a weekly half -hour series focusing World is positioning for early- morning time on advances in science and medicine. The Henry Siegel, periods, has been sold in 97 markets repre- chairman and president of series is produced by Kelly Entertainment LBS Communications, said that LBS did senting 85% clearance. Major markets in- the production arm of Sacramento, Calif. - more business at this NATPE than in all of clude ABC -owned WABC -TV, KABC -TV, WLS- based Kelly Broadcasting Co., licensee o: the company's previous years combined. He TV, KGO -TV San Francisco and WPVI -TV KCRA -TV Sacramento and KCPQ(TV) Tacoma Philadelphia. also said that LBS had a good convention in Wash. Multimedia was also introducing terms of advertising. While it did not True which King World is intro- weekly international video music series tar Confessions, duce a new positioning as a daytime anthology series strip this year, the company is geted for late night. Since the deals for boil said to be ready to coming out of afternoon soap blocks, has take over sales of barter series were finalized shortly before NATPE time in W's cleared in WCBS- Group animated strip, Ghostbus- Weinblatt said it would be about a monti been 40 markets, including ters. TV New York, KCBS -TV Los Angeles, WLS- before it would be known if either of the nem LBS and Pictures Television di- TV Chicago, KTVU(TV) San Francisco and Columbia series would be going forward. vision, Colex, made a strong showing at the KHOU -TV Houston. convention. It The Rock W Roll Evening News, which entered the convention with no clearances for Gidget but emerged with Group W Productions brought three new King World is offering on a straight basis, is 50% of the country and offers in an- first -run programs to to date sold on 56 stations representing 40% firm, NATPE-Beauty Af- other 20 %. Colex cleared the for with Jose Eber (half The coverage. The weekly one -hour show is show four fair -hour strip); Let tar- years geted for weekend access time periods. -two years of barter first and four Good Times Rock (weekly barter hour), and years of cash after - Among stations that have signed up are that. Ghostbusters (65 barter animated half Dan Greenblatt, president of LBS Distri- hours). Keven Tannehill, vice president of KCBS -TV and KXAS -TV Dallas. New York and bution, said that sales and marketing, Chicago are yet to be cleared. the 90- minute children's said that Ghost busters show, Kideo TV, was LBS's hit show at the was a firm go with 70% clearance, including convention with clearances in 90% of the all of the top 30 markets, even before Orion Television's Hollywood Squares was country. Kideo TV will probably be expand- NATPE. The animated strip has been cleared one of the most-cleared shows going into ed to two hours by 1987 -88. principally by independents -"the same cli- NATPE and continued to pick up momentum He also said that another animated strip, entele as our He -Man and She -Rae audi- during the convention. Before NATPE, Hol- Heathcliff, was a "pleasant surprise" with ences. Tennehill also said Group W's talk/in-