▁scenes ▁only ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁dub bed ). ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁Power ▁R angers ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁wave ▁of ▁to k us ats u ▁adapt ations ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s , ▁none ▁of ▁which ▁surv ived ▁beyond ▁two ▁years . ▁ ▁American ▁Spanish - language ▁networks ▁also ▁import ▁much ▁of ▁their ▁programming ; ▁for ▁example , ▁Un iv ision ▁imports ▁much ▁of ▁its ▁programming , ▁especially ▁t elen ov el as ▁that ▁are ▁broadcast ▁on ▁the ▁network , ▁from ▁Mexican ▁broad c aster ▁Tele vis a , ▁and ▁Mundo Max ▁dist ributes ▁programming ▁from ▁Colomb ian ▁broad c aster ▁and ▁network ▁owner ▁R CN ▁Television . ▁ ▁The ▁life ▁cycle ▁of ▁U . S . ▁television ▁shows ▁ ▁Television ▁production ▁companies ▁either ▁commission ▁tele plays ▁for ▁television ▁pil ots ▁or ▁buy ▁spec ▁scripts . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁scripts ▁are ▁turned ▁into ▁pil ots ▁for ▁proposed ▁television ▁programs . ▁The ▁production ▁company ▁mark ets ▁those ▁they ▁consider ▁commer cially ▁vi able ▁to ▁television ▁networks ▁– ▁or ▁television ▁distrib utors ▁for ▁first - run ▁synd ic ation ▁( for ▁example , ▁CBS ▁Television ▁Distribution ▁dist ributes ▁Dr . ▁Phil ▁in ▁first - run ▁synd ic ation , ▁because ▁that ▁show ▁is ▁synd ic ated ▁– ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁carried ▁on ▁a ▁particular ▁network ). ▁A ▁few ▁things ▁that ▁a ▁television ▁network ▁takes ▁under ▁consideration ▁in ▁dec iding ▁to ▁order ▁a ▁show ▁is ▁if ▁the ▁show ▁itself ▁is ▁compatible ▁with ▁the ▁network ' s ▁target ▁audience , ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁production