- Bush Interrupts Sweeps Week
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 29, 2005
Shrewd programming moves got President Bush a plush press conference time sl ...
- Keep the TV on and Set Your Parental Controls High
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 28, 2005
Poor cable industry - it never gets a break. When the busine ...
- Worshiping Idols - Fox and ABC News
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 27, 2005
ABC News has been planning to glom onto the "American Idol" juggerna ...
- All Bets Are Off
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 26, 2005
TV viewers always root for the underdog; it makes for a bett ...
- Cable Networks: The Brand That Bends
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 25, 2005
History shows many cable networks will turn into something they didn't inten ...
- Paxson Goes Back to Infomercial Roots
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 22, 2005
When failing to program a network, just let small-time advertisers take yo ...
- Cruising for a Branded Entertainment Bruising
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 21, 2005
Rushing for branded entertainment? Make sure no one gets hurt in t ...
- NBC Reloads Like the New York Yankees
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Just weeks before the start gun goes off in the upfront netwo ...
- "Monday Night Football" to ESPN: Everybody Dance Now
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 19, 2005
New Walt Disney Co. chairman Bob Iger has passed his first completi ...
- Viewers Get to Work, Fox Needs Your Marketing Skills
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 18, 2005
For TV networks, Fox is creating a marketing campaign viewers can crea ...
- NBC Finds Religion, Still Praying for Miracles
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 15, 2005
Looking for TV network trend stories this season was easy and ear ...
- NFL Network Goes Live to Unveil 2005 Season
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 14, 2005
Everything is a TV show -- even announcing the TV schedule ...
- Chrysler Looks to the Past in a Future Deal With DirecTV
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Chrysler Group looks like its inked the first pre-upfront deal of t ...
- "The Masters" Hangs on by a Golf Ball Swoosh
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 12, 2005
TV sports programmers haven't had much good news recently - what wi ...
- Family Friendly Failures in a Rough and Tumble TV World
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 11, 2005
The last great pool of broadcasting stations is up for sale, b ...
- Cable's Upfront Predictions
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 8, 2005
It's the same old song - cable is taking money from broadca ...
- ABC Sports Wants to Eat Big and Cut the Fat
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, April 7, 2005
ABC wants its football like it wants its hamburgers from Burger Ki ...
- CPB Hires to Promote Balanced Programming and Redundancy
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, April 6, 2005
In typical governmental, hyperbolic fashion, the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB), whi ...
- Gore's Channel Wants a More Serious MTV
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, April 5, 2005
Al Gore's new cable channel wants to take on MTV -- ...
- Cable Industry Seeking Friends and Enemies
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, April 4, 2005
Seeking friendly and financially strong companies, the cable industry's National Cable &am ...
- Koppel leaves "Nightline": No Joking Matter.
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, April 1, 2005
It seems appropriate Ted Koppel, host of ABC's "Nightline," made an announceme ...