Gabriel Macht, Gina Torres, Patrick J. Adams and Sarah Rafferty of “Fits.” Dimitrios Kambouris/USA/[NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images] for USA Community
Fits will make its broadcast syndication debut on MyNetwork TV this fall after setting explosive streaming information.
Beforehand owned by USA Community, the collection is about to premiere within the fall on the Fox-owned programming service. All 9 seasons — totaling 134 episodes — shall be accessible by means of MyNetwork TV, which reaches roughly 97 p.c of TV households in america, based on The Hollywood Reporter.
“It’s change into more and more harder, if not not possible, to launch obscure product on broadcast TV,” Frank Cicha, govt VP of programming for Fox Tv Stations, mentioned, per the outlet. “Fits is arguably essentially the most buzzworthy scripted collection of the final half decade, and MyNet appears ahead to amplifying its success by introducing it to the printed tv viewers. We’re discussing some enjoyable methods to just do that.”
Mates, which debuted in broadcast syndication format on NBC in 1994, is probably essentially the most well-known instance of a present gaining one other degree of huge success after being launched on streaming platforms. Throughout its syndication run, the collection finale in 2004 was watched by about 52.5 million American viewers.
The forged of “Fits.” Frederick M. Brown/Getty Photos
Fits gained traction in June 2023 when the collection garnered huge viewership on Netflix, repeatedly setting and surpassing the single-week document for viewing time of a library collection, based on Nielsen’s streaming scores. It additionally achieved a brand new milestone by holding the highest spot general within the Nielsen rankings for essentially the most consecutive weeks. Fits can also be accessible on Peacock.
It’s formally the time of reboots and revivals on TV. Whereas many authentic forged members return for brand spanking new collection revisiting previous tales, many reveals have ignored main stars when returning. From actuality TV like Jersey Shore — Samantha “Sammi Sweetheart” Giancola didn’t return for the spinoff, Jersey Shore Household Trip, when it debuted […]
Meghan Markle, who performed paralegal Rachel Zane on the present from 2011 to 2018, mentioned in November 2023 that she had “no thought” why followers grew to become so concerned about Fits once more.
“It’s onerous to discover a present you possibly can binge-watch that many episodes of lately, so that would have one thing to do with it. However good reveals are eternal,” she mentioned on the time. “It was nice to work on, such an awesome forged and crew. We had a extremely enjoyable time.”
Aside from broadcast syndication, the collection is making headway in a unique capability. NBC is presently growing a spinoff collection titled Fits: LA, created by Aaron Korsh, the unique creator of the present.
Stephen Amell will star within the main function alongside Bryan Greenberg, Josh McDermitt and Lex Scott Davis. Whereas set in a brand new location, Fits: LA will exist throughout the similar universe as the unique collection.
Fits discovered a devoted fanbase when it first aired — however its Netflix debut has made the authorized drama much more common. The USA collection, which initially ran for 9 seasons from 2011 to 2019, stars Patrick J. Adams as Mike Ross, a person who satisfied a New York Metropolis regulation agency to provide him […]
Fits: LA stars Ted Black (Amell, 43), a former federal prosecutor from New York who has “reinvented himself representing essentially the most highly effective shoppers in Los Angeles.”
“His agency is at a disaster level, and as a way to survive he should embrace a job he held in contempt his whole profession,” the official logline reads, per Selection. “Ted is surrounded by a stellar group of characters who check their loyalties to each Ted and one another whereas they will’t assist however combine their private {and professional} lives. All of this is happening whereas occasions from years in the past slowly unravel that led Ted to depart behind the whole lot and everybody he beloved.”
