 In January of that year, the show was syndicated to ten markets and had become the first to be number one in New York City, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia simultaneously.Stern had also landed success in television as the host of "The Howard Stern Show" on WWOR-TV and "The Howard Stern "Interview"" on E!.However, development for a feature film with New Line Cinema based on his Fartman character was delayed and ultimately fell through in 1993.