tv episodeAlmost every successful TV show that accumulates enough episodes goes into syndication. But that can be both good and bad, for one thing an earlier TV episode from a long-running series may make the current episodes look dull and formulaic by comparison with whats on TV now. Take a show like the Gilmore Girls for example. The current TV show episode of Gilmore Girls has lapsed into formula, lacking the freshness and sincerity of the first several years of the show's run. If you watch TV episodes of the old shows, they look a lot better than whats on TV right now. Syndication may make money for the cast and producers, but it can make a contemporary TV episode look comparatively bad.