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by anguilla on June 2nd, 2004
After a TV series has run its course and new shows are no longer being made, and if at least 100 or so episodes of the show exist, then the group of 100 shows is sold as a "package" to individual TV stations, who can run it whenever they want to.
This process of packaging and selling is called "syndication."
There is no exclusivity -- the same package can be sold to stations all over the country and the world.
Sometimes there is exclusivity within a city (like only one station in Dallas is allowed to buy a particular series) to help protect the station's investment.
Recently, some series have NOT waited until they completed their first run to air on other channels. Usually there's a delay of a week or so before the show appears on the second channel, so you can only see the first-run show in one place.
I hope this makes sense.
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