Karen Petruska, Television Beyond The Networks. First- Run Syndication Of Original Content in the 1970s. An article that is describing both arguments about the case studies of Winters/Rosen's Story Theatre and Norman Lear's Mary Hartman. The two case studies both had a problem of endeavoring national audience through the syndication during the 1970s and how both case studies came together on one major situation. These were first-run scripted programs. Despite any problems both case studies had, it seem to be there was an effort to operate network distribution circuits, meaning there was a problem occurring with the television network. So the two case studies faced profound challenges that spotlight range of factors to rein enforced the dominance