No one would call 2015 a productive year in syndication. At the beginning of the year, three shows launched into national syndication: Warner Bros.' Crime Watch Daily, Disney-ABC's panel talker FABLife and NBCUniversal's Crazy Talk. None of the three came on strong, with all of them averaging under a 1.0 live-plus-same-day household rating season-to-date, according to Nielsen Media Research. Of the three, it looks like only Crime Watch Daily will survive for a second season, and even that renewal isn't fully assured. At NATPE 2016 in Miami last week, Disney-ABC made the expected announcement that FABLife would end its run after this season. The panel talker-which stars Chrissy Teigen, Joe Zee, Lauren Makk and Leah Ashley-improved 13% to a 0.9 live-plus-same-day household rating in the week ending Jan. 10.
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