- CBS Evening News Looks For Promotion, Ratings--And, Oh Yeah, Some Breaking News
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 18, 2006
CBS says its new Katie Couric-anchored "CBS Evening News" won't be revolutionar ...
- CBS Eggs On Fall Promo Campaign
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 17, 2006
The CBS Marketing Group will put network daypart and show logos a ...
- For CBS, It's Story First, Format Second
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 17, 2006
PASADENA, CALIF.--The broadcast part of the Television Critics Association kicked off Saturda ...
- Cable Upfront Ad Market Shows No Life
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Monday, July 17, 2006
The $6.2 billion upfront advertising cable market has slowed to a glaci ...
- NBC Universal, Media General See Earnings Drop; Poor Ad Revenues Blamed
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 17, 2006
TV advertising revenues continue to hurt media companies' financial results. Net prof ...
- Star's Scandal Boosts 'View' Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 17, 2006
Controversy breeds nice daytime drama ratings. As a result of Star Jon ...
- Tell Me, OLN: Who Are You?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 17, 2006
My early morning Tour de France live viewing barely gets out ...
- Tribune Sees Weak Ad Market, Earnings Plummet In Q2
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 14, 2006
Tribune Broadcasting's stations, the core group of the new CW network, h ...
- From The Writer Who Brought You Many Great TV Business Stories...
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 14, 2006
Mull over this possible tagline for a hypothetical MediaPost trade ad: "Comi ...
- Magna TV Ratings Czar Debunks Nielsen's Commercial Ratings Plan, Calls It Flawed
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 13, 2006
While many on Madison Avenue are hailing Nielsen's plan to provide ...
- TV Summer Whines On
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 13, 2006
This summer, for TV executives and talent, it's all about being h ...
- Fox Cuts Baseball Fees, Turner Gets New Package
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Fox checked its swing with Major League Baseball - as well ...
- HBO Seeks New Critically Acclaimed, High-Rated Show
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Home Box Office always had history on its side--and sometimes, innovation. Ju ...
- Torrent De France: Tournament's Ratings Peddles From TV To Web
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Tour de France TV ratings may be down more than 40 perce ...
- ABC Starts 2007 Upfront Negotiations This Summer
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 11, 2006
It's July, and ABC has started up the upfront--for 2007. ...
- ABC Breaks Ranks On TV Profanity, Supports FCC's Second Look
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 10, 2006
After a long-standing solidarity among the major broadcast networks on the subje ...
- Tour De France And World Cup: Two Different Ratings Stories
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 10, 2006
This summer two different European-centic sports are offering two different TV resul ...
- HBO Grabs The Most Emmy Nominations; ABC The Most Among Broadcast
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 7, 2006
From a marketing spin point of view, ABC will have a l ...
- The Telenovela Of Univision And Televisa Continues
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 7, 2006
The Univision and Televisa tussle continues as Univision tried to reassure investo ...
- Emmy Nominations: A Rerun We've Seen Before
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 7, 2006
It's a tough road being special in TV these days, when everythi ...
- ABC Looks Beyond Upfront To DVR, Commercial Ratings Issues
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Thursday, July 6, 2006
ABC has held discussions on the use of technology that would disab ...
- ABC Wraps Up Ad Sales, Broadcast Upfront Total Reaches $9 Billion
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Thursday, July 6, 2006
ABC has concluded its prime-time upfront sales activity to the tune ...
- OLN Slowing On Tour de France Course
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 6, 2006
OLN has taken on some road rash for its "Tour de Franc ...
- The Season, The Summer, The Upfront, The Emmys: Fox Stays Hot
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 6, 2006
Say what you will about Fox's sweaty upfront presentation in May, i ...
- Anchor's Away: CBS Asks Viewers To 'Just Watch' Couric
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 5, 2006
CBS News' marketing for Katie Couric's fall debut revolves around a simp ...
- 'Kyle XY' Draws XL Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Broadcast networks continue to experiment with putting on their sister cable network ...
- Verizon Versus Cable Companies: National Is Better Than Local
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 5, 2006
It's tough to side with big media companies that whine about regulatio ...
- NBC Drops Ball For Arena Football
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 3, 2006
With the bigger "Sunday Night Football" NFL package starting up in t ...
- For Syndication And Cable, The Holiday Is Here, But So Is The Barbecuing
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 3, 2006
Make it a longer than usual holiday weekend for syndication and cab ...