I’ve always heard about the concept of syndication and having to hit x number of episodes to “hit syndication” but I’ve never understood what it means. For example [on this day in 1994](https://twitter.com/dailysimpsons/status/1571892641889153025?t=y-ieaFcMZWeLz0vaMMbZvg&s=19) The Simpsons entered syndication:
>Local Fox stations aired repeats 5 days a week, up to 3 times a day
But this doesn’t really shed light on what syndication *is* because I don’t get why, The Simpsons being a Fox show, needed some special status to be broadcast at certain times. It also of course doesn’t explain when shows go into syndication on other networks ie Adult Swim airing Family Guy or Futurama back in the day.
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Syndication means you have enough episodes to now bundle them together and license them to other broadcasters to show on their own platforms or stations. That’s a big milestone because you can make tons of money through other stations showing re-runs of your shows for years and years and years. Seinfeld is still being shown in syndication decades later.
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