Thanks to reader John Moss for pointing out a recent article from Media Life Magazine which talks about the current syndication market and next year’s. Very few shows are on the bubble to be picked up for a second season. The only two shows listed are Montel Williams and Crosswords.  Interesting, as on the official Crosswords blog, they have been heavily promoting starting taping for season two in the not to distant future.  Also, Crosswords just got up to the 1.0 mark, a new high, so that should be worth something.

Meanwhile, at the bottom, it lists the unimaginable:

“[Twentieth Television's] foundering game show “Temptation” is also expected to return.”

Temptation has been hovering around the 0.5 mark, going up to a .6 at best, since its start and has never been a real hit.  Let’s also factor in that the show is one point lower than what was said to make the show be profitable.  However, I’m pretty sure I can pay the show’s prize budget (and production values) with what’s in my wallet currently.  Then look at the major issue with the writer’s of the show.  Yeah, Crosswords has had lots of game tweaks through the season, but Temptation has been a complete disaster.  If it makes it and Crosswords doesn’t, I’ll be amazed.

Don’t forget that next year we are definitely getting Deal or No Deal in syndication ($250,000 and 22 cases with potential contestants holding some) as well as potentially having Trivial Pursuit which has cleared in 55% of the country.