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Article: Rehabilitating NYPD Blue.(Brief Article)
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- Broadcasting & Cable
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- April 16, 2001
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It was no hit on FX, but it may become a hotter property
NYPD Blue's off-net episodes are on the open market but, with iffy ratings on FX, may not be able to demand good money from other cable targets.
Things may be looking up, though. Executive Producer and co-owner Steven Bochco could be underestimating his show's firepower, and insiders say he could land more than the $700,000 per episode be said the repeats were worth in his lawsuit, settled April 6, against 20th Century Fox.
In the suit, Bochco claimed Fox and its News Corp. syndication division Twentieth Television struck a sweetheart deal in 1995 when it sold the show to sister cable ...