A year ago, executives at the media-buying agency Initiative Media, conducting what they called a buzz survey to try to determine which network television series had a chance to break out as the new
season commenced, stumbled on some data that left them scratching their heads. That record of anticipating great early reaction to a couple of emerging hits has put new emphasis on the tracking
surveys that networks and advertising agencies conduct to measure advance interest in the new crop of network series.
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