- The Upfront Race Nearing Homestretch
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 31, 2005
With the broadcast part of the upfront advertising market almost done, ...
- Better Broadband Connections Brings TV Online
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 27, 2005
Who knew? Now it's TV programmers that are having an effect ...
- The Ratings Crown
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 26, 2005
Fox now sports its first ever season-long broadcast ratings crown, but so ...
- That Old Union Zest
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 25, 2005
If you work for a U.S.-based media company, you have to ...
- The Guessing Game
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Start the guessing game now that the upfront programming presentations are ov ...
- The TV Upfront Ad Market
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 23, 2005
So where's the TV upfront advertising market this morning? Lukewarm? Warming? A ...
- Broadcast Networks Go Outside Their Inside Studio Ties
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 20, 2005
So much for broadcast network studio synergy. Now it seems broadcast networ ...
- Reality Leaves Us Wanting, Fox Places Big Funny Bets
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 19, 2005
For the last several days during the upfront meetings, it's been ...
- Applause for ABC: Now the Tough Marketing Work Begins
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Cheer just a little for ABC, the comeback kid, this upfront seaso ...
- NBA on TNT - Not the Slam Dunk It Appears to Be
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 17, 2005
The NBA has been anything but a lay up this season f ...
- The Cat's Not Quite Out of the Bag
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 16, 2005
This week, TV business journalists have their annual game to see w ...
- Bold Fox Has More Modest Plans
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 13, 2005
Fox took the bold step last summer to launch five scripted seri ...
- Keep the Marriage Moving
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 12, 2005
This isn't how one-year marriages are supposed to celebrate. NBC Universal shou ...
- Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 11, 2005
U.S. viewers are now a week away from continuing to be subject ...
- Branded Entertainment Sobers Up
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Branded entertainment has a new mutation - brands that don't appear ...
- The Ratings Race Needs a Trophy
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 9, 2005
The TV network race is down to the wire - with F ...
- ABC's 'Fallen Idol' doesn't topple Fox's 'American Idol'
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 6, 2005
So what have we learned about "American Idol" in the last sever ...
- Taking TV Groups at Their Own Game
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 5, 2005
Finally the indecency debate has come to its senses - a ne ...
- Fox Thinks Ad Agencies Know Programming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 4, 2005
With fewer creative minds left to develop TV shows, television programmers ha ...
- No TV Marketing News Here
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 3, 2005
"The Insider" host Pat O'Brien is only doing what many fallen ...
- CPB Wants the Exact Balance
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 2, 2005
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) intent is to insure "objectivity a ...