- Network TV Execs Laughing Out of Context
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 29, 2004
TV programming executives can't laugh and have a good time anymore becau ...
- This Network Sports Trend Isn't Very 'Kool'
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 28, 2004
With so many references to "drinking the Kool-Aid" in modern culture, y ...
- MPA To Spend $40M on Print, TV Left in Cold
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 27, 2004
TV is the enemy, and magazine publishers reasoned they need a $ ...
- Loose Quip, Synchs Lips
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Ashlee Simpson's lip-synching fiasco on "Saturday Night Live" should be viewed ...
- Showtime May Need More Puff for ''Huff''
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 25, 2004
All TV series need plenty of marketing huff and puff before blowi ...
- Baseball Boosts Fox Ratings, But No Primetime Runners Batted In
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 22, 2004
Big baseball ratings for Fox should mean only one thing -- ho ...
- There She Goes... ABC Dumps Miss America, Will Anyone Miss Her?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 21, 2004
Special TV awards and sports programs are getting less special. The questi ...
- In A Flip-Flop, Sinclair Sinks Partisan Swift Boat Docu-Nam-er, Floats Campaign News 'Special'
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Hey Sinclair Broadcast Group! What took you so long? Could it ...
- Partisan Pay-Per-View, Wrestling Match to Follow
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Politics on television isn't a pretty picture these days -- on eith ...
- Desperate Housewives, Dispirited Marketers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 18, 2004
Can advertisers be so desperately ignorant as to not know what ...
- The O'Ratings Factor
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 15, 2004
Fox News Channel's commentator Bill O'Reilly is now fighting sexual harassment charg ...
- There They Go Again: Microsoft's Latest Foray Into Television
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 14, 2004
It's the world's biggest and most powerful software company. But when ...
- Fully Frontal, But Digitally Altered: The FCC Clamps Down On Broadcast
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 13, 2004
The Federal Communications Commission's wrath will be rolling through a number ...
- Will Satellite Kill The Radio Star?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Is there someone who could do for television and its new technologi ...
- Bush League TV Journalism: Will Advertisers View Kerry Documentary As 'News'
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 11, 2004
In a decision to air a pro-Bush documentary, TV station group Sincla ...
- Canceling 'Last Comic Standing' Is No Laughing Matter
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 8, 2004
NBC is in a strange comedic spot with its programs these da ...
- Reality TV Ratings Are Down, But the Genre's Not Out
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 7, 2004
To almost no one's surprise, too many TV reality shows are causi ...
- A Time to Punt
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 6, 2004
A little more pigskin for Mr. Murdoch. ...
- ABC Not So 'Desperate' in the Ratings Department
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 5, 2004
It's now official. ABC, the long time low-rated network and stock mark ...
- The Biggest Hit Of The Fall Season, And The Nets Can't Get A Nickel For It
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 4, 2004
With the first George W. Bush - John Kerry presidential debate drawi ...
- Can Reality Reruns Hold Water?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 1, 2004
TV programming conditions are becoming unreal on cable networks and television statio ...