October 08, 2006 @ 3:06 pm
BET in Talks to Air Reruns of HBO's 'Wire'
right According to the Associated Press, the pact allows HBO, which recently ordered a fifth and final season of the drama series, to give BET all five seasons of The Wire, - which is currently four episodes into its fourth season - amounting to a total of 62 episodes.
The AP also reported that BET is looking to begin airing one episode per week in primetime as soon as the first quarter of next year, with multiple runs for each installment. The Viacom-owned network is expected to put a substantial marketing push behind The Wire - perhaps in the range of $100,000 per episode, a low sum by syndication standards.
The Wire is not BET's first syndicated acquisition from HBO; the network also purchased the critically acclaimed miniseries The Corner, which, like Wire, chronicled the harsh realities of inner-city life in Baltimore.
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robin says:
when will season 5 start
January 7, 2007 at 4:30 pm