Tornante’s Michael Eisner in TV Venture with Sinclair

New York Times: Michael Eisner, owner of the Tornante Company, which he founded after leaving Disney in 2005, sees opportunity in an area that is considered television’s biggest backwater: original shows aired by local stations, mostly during the day. Tornante and Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns 162 stations, have formed a company, Tornante-Sinclair, that aims to produce and distribute new syndicated talk shows, court shows and game shows. “It’s not maybe the sexiest area, but it’s also not an irrelevant area.”