- TV's Thanksgiving May Be About Payback
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 22, 2006
For everyone in Hollywood, there is payback--whether you are Michael Richards, O. ...
- O.J. Project Cancelled: Advertisers, Affiliates Have Final Say
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, David Goetzl - Tuesday, November 21, 2006
An avalanche of negative reaction from Fox affiliates stations, potential advertisers a ...
- ABC Grabs Sunday Night, CBS Holds A Distant Second
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Thanks to "Brothers and Sisters" and "Desperate Housewives," ABC was first f ...
- O.J. Simpson's TV Interview: The Story Doesn't End
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 21, 2006
In light of yesterday's announcement from News Corp concerning cancellation of O. ...
- Belo: TV Up, Newspaper Down, Online Exploding
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 20, 2006
Belo Corp. issued its statistical report for the month of October. Overal ...
- ABC, CBS Tie For Thursday Night, '30 Rock' Tanks
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 20, 2006
NBC may be coming back on Sunday and Monday nights. But la ...
- Fox's O.J. Simpson Dilemma: An $8M Question
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 20, 2006
Bill O'Reilly makes a strong point in the controversy around O.J: ...
- Brandtique: TGI Friday's, Applebee's, Nintendo
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 20, 2006
When you think "Top Chef," does TGI Friday's come to mind? ...
- Executive Shuffle: NBC's Zaslav Takes Over As Discovery CEO
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 17, 2006
NBC Universal is beginning to look like a super farm team th ...
- Verizon FiOS Hires First Ad Exec, Targets Millions By 2010
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 17, 2006
Verizon FiOS TV's' first-ever advertising executive says the all-fiber TV system's messagi ...
- A Broadband Network For TV Commercials? What's Next: The Fur Channel?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 17, 2006
Some veteran Hollywood executives must be having a tough time coming ...
- Ad Execs Eschew Fox Sweeps Stunt: 'The Simpsons,' O.J. And Nicole
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 16, 2006
Media agency executives are leery--if not outraged--about Fox's highly controversial November swe ...
- Scream Out: Syndie Talk Shows Stage A Sweeps Rally
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 16, 2006
November sweeps still mean something to local TV stations, especially when ...
- CBS, TiVo Team Up For TiVocast, Bring Web Content To TV
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 16, 2006
CBS has signed up with TiVo's new service, which takes Web conte ...
- Randy Falco Moves To AOL: Deal, No Deal Or Some Deal
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 16, 2006
Timing is everything when major media executives look to quick-step their w ...
- NBC Universal Starts Layoffs At NBC News
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 15, 2006
As expected, NBC Universal has started its company-wide series of layoffs, wi ...
- NBC Owns Monday, CBS Distant Second
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Between "Heroes" and "Deal or No Deal," NBC is cementing its relationsh ...
- Fox's O.J. Simpson Show: If He Did It, Will Advertisers Buy It?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, November 15, 2006
So Fox is giving O.J. Simpson two hours at the end ...
- Verizon's FiOS Names First Ad Executive
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Verizon's FiOS has named its first senior advertising sales executive. Jason Malam ...
- Discovery Hit Hard In 3Q, Losing Nearly $77 Million
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Discovery Holding Co., the 50% owner of media and entertainment company Discove ...
- Viacom Plus: Minus CBS Assets
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Viacom Plus, the six-year-old cross-media platform selling division of CBS and Viaco ...
- Ratings Kick: NFL Rules Sunday, Beats ABC's 'Desperate'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 14, 2006
ABC's "Desperate Housewives" is back in the game, but it wasn't enou ...
- Should Actors Make Suggestions For Viewers?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, November 14, 2006
It's already incredibly hard to devise new TV channels with any originali ...
- TV Scatter Market Tightens, CBS Boosts NCAA Price Tag
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 13, 2006
Fourth-quarter scatter pricing has perked up for TV networks--and that bullish feeli ...
- Should WWE Wrestle Other Sports To The Ground?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, November 13, 2006
Put me in a half-nelson and body-slam me to a media pla ...
- Channel Lab To Launch TV Block, Will Reach Nearly 30 Million
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 10, 2006
Channel Lab, a new TV and media company, will initially help ...
- Disney Income More Than Doubles
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 10, 2006
Powered by strong box-office film results, growth in its amusement parks a ...
- Can Strong TV Election Ratings Set Goundwork For Political Dramas?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, November 10, 2006
Aaron Sorkin, take note: This season's TV election ratings are up 2 ...
- Democrats Win The House, Fox Wins With 'House'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 9, 2006
ABC was lead dancer during Tuesday night's election coverage. But as Democra ...
- Fox Boosts News Corp. Earnings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, November 9, 2006
Fox is sitting pretty. Stronger fiscal first-quarter earnings at News Corp. ha ...