Monk in syndication starting in 2008

NBC Universal announced yesterday that it's begun to sell reruns of the USA Network show Monk to stations in top markets, with episodes to begin running in the fall of 2008. According to this press release, the network has sold the rights to weekend reruns to markets in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Of course, the NYC and LA markets are both NBC-owned stations, but still...

Anyway, the reruns are intended to be shown on the weekend, which has been the model lately for one-hour shows in syndication (for instance, WABC in New York shows ER reruns on Saturdays at 12:30 AM... at least, that's the way it was the last I checked). I can envision Monk being on at like noon, though, as a nice transition between the kids' programming and golf. I'd definitely watch it as I tried to rub the Friday night out of my eyes.

[via The Futon Critic]