Elementary - CBS will earn $3 Million per Episode on Syndication - best f y

The complex pact -- which includes cable (WGN America), subscription video-on-demand (Hulu Plus) and a not-yet-named broadcast component -- is one of (if not the) biggest drama sales on record.

While much of the TV syndication business was in Miami Beach at NATPE, CBS closed two significant off-network deals -- in Los Angeles.

Over several weeks in January, CBS hammered out a complex pact for its second-season drama Elementary that includes cable (WGN America), subscription-video-on-demand (Hulu Plus) and a not-yet-named broadcast component for about $3 million an episode, making it one of (if not the) biggest drama sales on record.