All the networks buy the ratings, as do the major studios, the syndicators and more than 1,000 advertising agencies.

Now networks buy these specials on the cheap to fill troublesome time periods.

When a network buys a series, it pays for two runs of each episode.

The networks buy these videos and broadcast them on the news.

Industry experts say the networks buy foreign shows because they are cheaper than creating new ones and because people watch them.

The network bought the lot from Republic in February, 1967, for $9.5 million.

He noted that networks were routinely buying third and fourth runs of hit shows rather than just two.

The networks won't buy anything unless there's an angle.

That was the first time one network bought another's affiliate.

That's why they are now willing to buy time on the networks rather than have a network buy the event outright.