- Media Boutique of the Year: Initiative Innovations and Entertainment
Media Magazine Supplement, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 29, 2006
It's not just that media has become the new creative or th ...
- Magna Midseason Analysis: NBC Loses Ground, Fox Shines
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 29, 2006
TV's big playoff season, the February and May sweeps, can typically tu ...
- Amid Fumbles, NFL Gets Big-Scoring Rating News
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 29, 2006
If you're an NFL executive, can you get too much of ...
- Nielsen's Top 10 For 2006: How Entertainment Fared
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 28, 2006
Entertainment lists tell us where we have been, where we should go--a ...
- TV's New Year Starts At Ed Begley's Cold House
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 28, 2006
Networks don't debut TV shows on the very first day of t ...
- Nielsen's Top 10 for 2006: How Television Stacked Up
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Summarizing 2006 in television success seems easy when it comes to top-rat ...
- Future MyNetworkTV programming: Cat Or Food Fight?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 26, 2006
For the TV viewer--or executive--success depends on one's particular craving. TV nutriti ...
- Out Of Order: Fox Slams FCC For Indecency Argument
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 22, 2006
Fox Broadcasting Co. told a panel of appellate judges on Wednesday th ...
- Targeting Nose-Bleed-High-Income TV Viewers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 22, 2006
What do the really rich people watch on TV? That's not ...
- Will NBC Add Fourth Hour To 'Today' Show?
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 21, 2006
NBC is considering the possibility of a fourth hour of "The Tod ...
- The Networks' YouTube Rival: Call It OldTube
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 21, 2006
It doesn't really matter if Viacom is in or out of ...
- Forward Rush: ESPN Buys Arena Football League
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 20, 2006
ESPN is looking to broaden its professional football coverage investment by buyi ...
- Game Shows Net NBC A Monday Win
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 20, 2006
In keeping with NBC's by-the-numbers reorganization plan, dubbed "NBC 2.0," its n ...
- TV News Viewers Can Use: Give Them The Business
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 20, 2006
We like TV math--and maybe viewers need more of it. As t ...
- Southern Comfort, IFC Sow A Comfortable Crew
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Another cable channel devoted to independent movies has taken on a liqu ...
- CBS Wins Sunday, But 'Survivor' Finale Barely Is
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 19, 2006
CBS finally got a Sunday night win but showed that its "Survivo ...
- PBS Lets Audience Fly Pilots
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 19, 2006
PBS executives have humbly figured out they don't know what you wa ...
- Scatter Sales Projects TV Getting Modest Rise In '07
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 18, 2006
Scatter prime-time ad sales have been good for network coffers in t ...
- Lessons Learned From O.J. Debacle?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, December 18, 2006
Judith Regan was fired from her HarperCollins publishing post last Friday, ...
- HBO, ABC Lead TV Nets In Golden Globe Nods
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 15, 2006
With the awards season ramping up, ABC is showing its creative streng ...
- 3Q: Local TV Sees 10.4% Uptick In Ad Revenues, Auto Stages Comeback
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 15, 2006
Local broadcast stations grew a healthy 10.4% in ad revenues in t ...
- Wednesday: 'Loser' Is Winner For NBC, CBS Close Second
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 15, 2006
Reality shows airing finales out of the November sweeps period have score ...
- Television's Blindside: Prime-Time Oprah, CBS Records
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, December 15, 2006
From the department of I-didn't-see-it-coming: CBS is getting back into the reco ...
- Ad-Supported Cable Up 29% To Date In '06, Broadcast Drops 17%
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 14, 2006
For almost a decade, cable networks have challenged broadcast networks. Now, cab ...
- Profanity! Live On C-Span!
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, December 14, 2006
Profanity, in all its colorful mutations, will finally be on display ...
- Syndication Stagnation: All Genres Take A Hit
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Syndication's sitcom business--one of the industry's pillars--took another hit this past Novembe ...
- TV Execs' 'Genius' Plan: Throw Everything Against The Wall
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, December 13, 2006
TV executives might not be the geniuses they think they are. N ...
- Fired Up? 'Apprentice' Sees New Sponsors, Lower Rates
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Although NBC's "The Apprentice" has been slammed in recent ratings-plummeting seasons f ...
- Football Scores For NBC, CBS Loses 'Race'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 12, 2006
For NBC, the Saints-Cowboys game was one of the four best footba ...
- Late-Night-TV Moves Amp Up Drama
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, December 12, 2006
CBS has extended "Late Show with David Letterman" through 2010, with t ...