The station also bought back many of the shows they previously owned back in 1983 to 1985.

How can stations buy a show they haven't seen?

The station has bought 50 episodes of the soap dating back to 2000.

The station had bought the fish he was to cook.

Individual stations originally bought programming from the network and, thus, were considered the network's clients.

This year, individual stations can't buy their local teams' games.

Most daytime shows are syndicated, meaning individual stations buy the rights to show it.

About 50 stations have already bought the package of 94 half-hour episodes.

"The stations bought 'Cosby' to turn around a difficult situation," he said.

The Israeli station reportedly bought rights to broadcast the film.