{"id":5370,"date":"2013-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/12\/04\/celebrity-name-game-cleared-in-80-percent-of-u-s\/"},"modified":"2013-12-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T00:00:00","slug":"celebrity-name-game-cleared-in-80-percent-of-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/celebrity-name-game-cleared-in-80-percent-of-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Name Game Cleared in 80 Percent of U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLOS ANGELES\/NEW YORK: Debmar-Mercury has closed deals that deliver the game show <em>Celebrity Name Game <\/em>in more than 80 percent of the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDebmar-Mercury signed an agreement for the show to air on 58 Sinclair Broadcast Group stations as well as one that brings it to four CBS Television Stations owned-and-operated networks. Combined with deals in Pheonix and Cleveland, the show has now cleared more than 80 percent of the U.S. for a fall 2014 debut.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em>Celebrity Name Game <\/em>is a nationally syndicated pop culture game show that is hosted by <em>The Late, Late Show<\/em>&#039;s Craig Ferguson. It is from co-producers Debmar-Mercury and FremantleMedia North America. The half-hour strip was developed by Courteney Cox and David Arquette&#039;s Coquette Productions, veteran showrunner Scott St. John and Laura Robinson and Richard Gerrits&#039; North 44 Productions.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, co-presidents of Debmar-Mercury, commented, &ldquo;The rapid sales pace for <em>Celebrity Name Game<\/em> demonstrates top-tier stations strongly believe in the value of this incredibly funny, sitcom-compatible game show to serve as a key element of their access and early fringe lineups. To have Sinclair, CBS and previously Tribune, three of the nation&rsquo;s premier broadcast groups, as well as other large-market stations, step up to secure it so quickly is a major vote of confidence in Craig and the show. We are thrilled to have them on board.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\/NEW YORK: Debmar-Mercury has closed deals that deliver the game show Celebrity Name Game in more than 80 percent of the U.S. Debmar-Mercury signed an agreement for the show to air on 58 Sinclair Broadcast Group stations as well as one that brings it to four CBS Television Stations owned-and-operated networks. 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