Syndication Quotes

I just think that it`s such a good show and timeless and still very funny, and that just makes me happy to have that whole first season in one concentrated space for people to enjoy so that it`s not hit and miss trying to find it in syndication always.

As far as the future for the Showtime episodes that have already aired, we are sold into syndication so we`ll be appearing primarily on the Fox syndicated networks and then eventually the SCI FI Channel. So, we`ll be around for a while.

I have mixed feelings about it, ... It didn`t come as any great surprise; I can`t say that there wasn`t any deep emotional response, because most of us, frankly, saw the show getting cancelled after the third season. We were fortunate to get a fourth season, but frankly, the only reason we did is because from Paramount`s point of view they make a lot more money if they can make a certain number of episodes -- approximately 100 -- because that`s the number, at which point, it`s possible to sell into syndication nationally. Paramount essentially made a deal with UPN, the network that showed ENTERPRISE, that they would sell the show to them for half of what we were selling it to them at before -- just to keep us on one more year. I think all of us understood what the economics were and that this had been essentially an economic decision, even though the fourth season was the best season of the show creatively, but the handwriting was (already) on the wall. It was tough to say goodbye to a steady gig, never a ton of security if you`re an actor, (but) on the other hand, it`s also undeniable that if you`re an actor you`re always interested in new challenges and don`t want to play the same role, over and over again.

Sitting with him, they wanted to do network, they wanted to do syndication, ... I`ve got to get that (`Ben Stein`) time period back on Comedy Central. It supported a game show that was intelligent and smart.

It`s steady work. The upside is tremendous (if a show makes it into syndication). There`s still time to do a feature or two on the side, and you get to live in one place for most of the year -- a plus for stars who want to spend more time with their family.