- 'Dancing With The Stars' Debut Outsteps 'House,' 'Big Brother'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 14, 2006
Picking up on the right foot, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" debut ...
- The Entertainment Democracy: Viewers Are Making Creative Decisions
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 14, 2006
What if fans had voted that Mick Jagger should have fronted T ...
- ESPN Scores Big With First "Monday Night Football"
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Making good on its pricey NFL purchase, ESPN's "Monday Night Football" fir ...
- Moonves Chirps About CBS' Future, Pleased With CW's Progress
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 13, 2006
CBS is happy with CW's progress, CBS' performance in prime time a ...
- Les, We Forget: TV Business Is More Than High Ratings
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 13, 2006
"Staying power" is how Les Moonves describes the fact that the netwo ...
- Network Upfront Was Flatter, But Scatter Is Fatter
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, Tom Siebert - Tuesday, September 12, 2006
The upfront ad market may have been a weak affair, with declini ...
- The CW's Kids' Block Meets Ad Goals
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 12, 2006
The CW has taken over the selling and programming of the Ki ...
- Handicapping The New Fall TV Season, With Some Curious Omissions
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Bravo's broadband channel, Brilliant But Cancelled, is running a contest letting viewe ...
- DIC Kids' Network Morphs Into Teen Version In '07
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 11, 2006
The kids' TV market is having a tough year--for national networks a ...
- 'CBS Evening News' Loses Ground, But Remains On Top
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 11, 2006
"The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric" continues to trend down, wi ...
- TV News With Emotional Notes
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 11, 2006
Are you moved by the network evening newscasts? Emotionally torn? Joyously thrille ...
- MyNetworkTV Gets Nielsen Weekly Ratings, Not Overnights
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 8, 2006
Nielsen Media Research will treat MyNetworkTV like other broadcast networks--almost. MyNetworkTV wi ...
- Troubles With TV's 9/11 content
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 8, 2006
In boxing terms, ABC's "The Path to 9/11" and CBS' "9/11" ha ...
- Couric Rockets 'CBS Evening News' To No. 1
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 7, 2006
So far, Katie Couric is worth every penny of her $15 million-a-ye ...
- Lions Gate's $130 Mil. To Initiative Media
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 7, 2006
Bolstering up its entertainment accounts, Interpublic Group of Cos.' Initiative Media pick ...
- MyNetworkTV Off To Slow Start
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 7, 2006
MyNetworkTV, the new mini-network from Fox, is off to a slow start--mo ...
- Boomerang: TV Firms' Political Contributions Come Back As Media Buys
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 7, 2006
Almost half of all the $15.2 million in entertainment contributions politicians a ...
- Freston Out At Viacom, Investors See Uncertainty
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Tom Freston is out at Viacom. The Viacom CEO will be replac ...
- In The Viacom-MTV Playground, Is Redstone Cool Leader Or Bully?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Tom Freston's longstanding status in fronting the house band at Viacom In ...
- Advertisers Weigh 9/11 Options
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 5, 2006
It's decision time for advertisers--how to deal with the fifth anniversary ...
- RPA Grabs MGM's Media, Palisades Is Out
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 5, 2006
In a sudden turn of events last week, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios abruptly shift ...
- MTV's Video Music Awards Turn Down Viewer Volume
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Has MTV been YouTubed and MySpaced out of some "Video Music Award ...
- NBC Flips New Wednesday Comedies
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 1, 2006
Some last-minute tinkering of NBC's prime-time schedule will flip two new Wednesday-nig ...
- HD To Be: Kagan Pegs High Def At 81% By 2011
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 1, 2006
Expect the HDTV sales to soar over the next five years--penetrating mo ...
- Branded Entertainment Comes Cheaper Than You Think
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 1, 2006
Ready to do some high-profile, high-priced branded entertainment deals? Cut back ...