- NBC's 'Parenthood' Isn't Spawning Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Daylight savings time has put a few more chinks in the arm ...
- Conan O'Brien On Fox: More Complicated, Riskier Move
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 18, 2010
Whenever the new Conan O'Brien's show starts up, expect one thing f ...
- Kantar Media 4Q: Ad Spend Down 6%, '10 Sees Growth
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
According to Kantar Media, fourth-quarter 2009 ad spending was down 6% vers ...
- TVB: 30% Get TV Without Cable, Ad Delivery Erodes
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Television Bureau of Advertising says the growth of satellite and tel ...
- Tiger's Masters Return: CBS, ESPN May See Less Green
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Wouldn't you like to be a member of AT&T's marketing department toda ...
- Media First: Nielsen, eXelate Integrate On, Offline Data
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 15, 2010
Big online data exchange eXelate has struck a deal with Nielsen ...
- CBS' 'Boss' Trumps 'Apprentice'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 15, 2010
In the first meeting between reality heavyweights, CBS' "Undercover Boss" easily dismiss ...
- Broadband Plan? Sounds Like a 1950s Media Proposal
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The FCC's National Broadband Plan has many optimistic and publicly uplifting goa ...
- Multicultural Ad Spending Drops, Cable Bright Spot
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 12, 2010
Multicultural advertising spending sank across the board in 2009 with one exceptio ...
- NBC Prime-Time Performance Mixed
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 12, 2010
NBC's efforts to lure back late prime-time viewers continue to be ...
- Bathroom TV Breaks? Too Much To Do During TV Viewing
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 15, 2010
Now, in a more time-shifted and more-digital TV world, we're adding mo ...
- Fisher, Lin Revs Dip, Digital Mixed
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Two mid-sized TV station groups, Lin TV and Fisher Communications, witnessed dro ...
- Nickelodeon Enjoys Price Gains, Debuts New Teen Shows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Dominant kids' TV network group Nickelodeon is witnessing major pricing gains ...
- O'Brien Kicks Off National 'Prohibited' Tour
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Conan O'Brien's "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour" wi ...
- Do Media Mergers + Bottom-Line Thinking Equal Plain-Vanilla TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 12, 2010
Is everything on TV beginning to look the same? In any genr ...
- ABC: Viewers Asked To Create 'Lost' Promos
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 10, 2010
With fans already creating their own "Lost" entertainment online, ABC has decid ...
- Late-Night Rivals: 'Letterman' Beats 'Leno'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 10, 2010
CBS has been getting the best of NBC's late-night and 10 p. ...
- Oscar Winner 'Hurt Locker' In Few Theaters: So Who's Really Getting Hurt?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 11, 2010
n the vast entertainment landscape, consumers should be able to get the ...
- Local TV, Radio Ad Market Poised To Rebound: May Top $34 Bil By 2014
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Expect local television and radio revenues to continue their contraction until ne ...
- TW's Jeff Bewkes Bullish On Media, Advertising
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes says the advertising business is good -- rig ...
- As Cable Looks For Retrans Help, It Should Consider What Viewers Want, Too
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The cable industry wants a review of all those retransmission rules. B ...
- Univision Reworks News, Entertainment Structure
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 8, 2010
Univision is shaking up the news, entertainment structure. Alina Falcon has be ...
- Oscars: Up 8%, But No Winning Numbers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 8, 2010
The 2010 Oscars were good -- but not award-winning great. Industry exe ...
- TV's Old Style Of Marketing -- Road-Blocking -- Is New Again
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 9, 2010
In this TV world -- unless you have an Oscars or ...
- NCC Media: New Name, Expands Audience Reach
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 5, 2010
National Cable Communications, which is co-owned by the three of the b ...
- NBC Sitcoms Gain Steam, 'Office' Trumps 'Grey'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 5, 2010
NBC long Thursday-night doldrums just got a decent surprise: "The Office" w ...
- Forget About Ratings -- We're Profitable
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 8, 2010
So when do you stop thinking that high Nielsen ratings ultimately me ...
- Hallmark Channel: 4Q Revs, Subscribers Up, Year Dips
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 4, 2010
Crown Media Holdings' Hallmark Channel witnessed a slight gain in advertising revenu ...
- TiVo: 'Up,' "Up in The Air" Spots Least Fast-Forwarded
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 4, 2010
If measured non-fast-forwarded commercials were a factor in the Oscar race, " ...
- Not Quite Enough Awards For TV Programming
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 5, 2010
The Emmys, Golden Globes, and a host of other network-centric awards progra ...