first-run
adjective
: available for public viewing for the first time
first-run movies
also
: exhibiting first-run movies
first-run theaters
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Daily first-run talk show Karamo will be back for a fourth season in national syndication, including multicast channel Bounce.
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 May 2025
As first-run syndication, specifically talk shows, continues to dwindle, the trio of CBS daytime stalwarts - The Price Is Right (3.95 million viewers this season), The Young and the Restless (3.29 million) and The Bold and the Beautiful (2.79 million) - hold the top 3 spots overall.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Merv Griffin, who created both shows, signed a perpetual distribution agreement with King World Productions in the mid-1980s when King World drove the relaunch of the game shows in first-run syndication.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
The first-run leader, Shiffrin found another burst to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 45.92 seconds and beat Lena Duerr of Germany by 1.13 seconds.
—Pat Graham, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2025
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Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 May 2025
As first-run syndication, specifically talk shows, continues to dwindle, the trio of CBS daytime stalwarts - The Price Is Right (3.95 million viewers this season), The Young and the Restless (3.29 million) and The Bold and the Beautiful (2.79 million) - hold the top 3 spots overall.
—Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Merv Griffin, who created both shows, signed a perpetual distribution agreement with King World Productions in the mid-1980s when King World drove the relaunch of the game shows in first-run syndication.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
The first-run leader, Shiffrin found another burst to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 45.92 seconds and beat Lena Duerr of Germany by 1.13 seconds.
—Pat Graham, Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2025
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“First-run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first-run. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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