- CW's 'Life' Builds Audience, CBS Sitcoms Up
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Both CBS Corp. broadcast networks had a strong Monday. CBS had anoth ...
- What Do TV Stations Need In 2010? Less National Programming, For One
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 20, 2010
TV stations need to embrace more of their localism to be successf ...
- Crown Media Chief Upbeat About Hallmark's Future
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 18, 2010
Now six months on the job, Bill Abbott, president and CEO, Cro ...
- 'Globes,' NFL Draw Big Numbers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 18, 2010
Some big TV programming brought viewers back on a mid-January Sunday: N ...
- Not Just The Wrongs But The Rights At NBC, Along With Finger-Pointing
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 19, 2010
t's never a black-and-white TV world, despite all the negatively charged feelin ...
- Leno, O'Brien Fight May Hurt NBC Advertisers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 15, 2010
Could problems around the Conan O'Brien/Jay Leno debacle spill over to NBC ...
- Leno Back At 'Tonight' Chair, O'Brien Earns $40 Mil Exit Fee
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 18, 2010
For the error of its late-night programming ways, NBC will revamp "T ...
- Magna: DVRs In 44% By 2015
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 15, 2010
In five years, network programmers will be subjected to the changing effec ...
- TV's Biggest Show Hasn't Saved The Music Industry
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 18, 2010
Years ago, an editor pushed me to write a story about h ...
- Coke Gets Millions In Media Value From 'Idol'
Marketing Daily, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 15, 2010
Coca-Cola gets some big-star media value for its on-air, branded content ...
- Post-Olympics, NBC Schedules 10 P.M. Slot
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 14, 2010
No matter what happens after 11:30 p.m. in a couple of week ...
- 'Idol' Gives Coke Millions In Media Value
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 14, 2010
Coca-Cola gets some big-star media value for its on-air, branded content ...
- Kid Power: Discovery, Hasbro Unveil HUB
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 14, 2010
The new Discovery Communications-Hasbro kids cable network now has a name ...
- The REAL Profanity On TV? Not Where You'd Think
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 15, 2010
Decency and indecency are back in the courts -- and onscreen ...
- 'Leno' Woes: NBC Local TV Battered By 25% Audience Drop
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Late NBC local TV newscasts airing after "The Jay Leno Show" ha ...
- Fox Restructures: Rice To Networks Entertainment Chief
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Days after leaking restructuring moves at Fox Network Group to a handf ...
- 'Idol' Holds Steady, 'Loser' Crushed
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 13, 2010
If one barometer of network TV's health comes with its biggest-rated sho ...
- For NBC, Grabbing Young Viewers Is Tricky Objective
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, January 14, 2010
Many TV networks pride themselves on encouraging youth and transformation. But ...
- Conan To Leave NBC, No Plans To Join Rivals
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
In an extraordinary statement in which he turned somber, Conan O'Brien indicat ...
- McPherson: ABC Will Push New 'Kimmel' Marketing
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
ABC's Stephen McPherson is happy with his network's progress. He says the ...
- Comcast CEO Ted Harbert Extends Contract To '16
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
As it verges on taking control of NBC Universal, one of Comcast ...
- 'Lost' Sweepstakes Reveal Peek At Upcoming Premiere
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Pasadena, Calif. -- For the first episode of ABC's "Lost"'s final seaso ...
- What Does NBC Tell Its Late-Night Viewers Now?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, January 13, 2010
NBC should have a Plan B in place now that Conan O'Bri ...
- Fox: Cowell Exits 'Idol' For 'X,' Talks Shop With Conan
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 11, 2010
Pasadena, Calif. -- "American Idol" celebrity judge Simon Cowell upstaged NBC's Leno/O'Bri ...
- Sinclair CEO Says Fair Retrans Fees Not Yet Secured
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, January 11, 2010
Sinclair Broadcast Group's president/CEO David Smith says in a letter to Se ...
- Show Business Rules: Logic And Even Money Aren't Always On The List
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Whatever you think the new drama around Jay Leno and Conan O'Bri ...
- Gaspin: NBC Returns To Traditional Late-Night Schedule
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, January 10, 2010
PASADENA, Calif. -- Looking down the barrel at a barrage of critic ...
- TiVo Charts Hit Ads On DVRs: Electronics Are King
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 8, 2010
Consumer electronic brands are doing a lot of shouting about what's comi ...
- CBS' Tassler: Broadcasters Gain From NBC's Late-Night Debacle
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Saturday, January 9, 2010
PASADENA, Calif. -- Major reverberations of NBC's potential plan -- to perha ...
- 'Leno' Redux: What Will It Look Like?
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, January 8, 2010
Should NBC bring back Jay Leno to his long-held 11:35 p.m. ti ...