- Thursday Dramas Impacted By DVR Viewing
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 8, 2007
Are DVR playback numbers finally having some big effect on daily ...
- Once And For All, Just Tell Me It's Product Placement
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 8, 2007
A little fun factor never hurt product placement. But too serious a ...
- In Season: TiVo Rates Hot Shows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 5, 2007
TiVo notes that only two new shows--ABC's "Private Practice" and NBC's "Bion ...
- Rise And Fall: 'Bionic,' 'Practice' See Dramatic Falls
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 5, 2007
One week into the new season and the two strongest rookie sho ...
- TV's Re-branding: Reality Stars Revalue The Talent Pool
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, October 5, 2007
You're a reality star -- or maybe some lesser stellar non-scripted performe ...
- CW Hands Kids' TV Duties To 4Kids
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 4, 2007
Looking to cut costs in its still-growing TV network, CW has so ...
- Critics Pan 'Cavemen,' But Viewers Watched
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 4, 2007
TV critics can be as rough as cavemen, and this season th ...
- TV's New Digital Platforms Full Of New And Familiar Problems
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, October 4, 2007
New digital media companies are under lots of pressure to fade ...
- 'Heroes' Proves Villain, Cume Rating Challenged
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 3, 2007
So what about that "Heroes'' ratings controversy of a week ago? ...
- Nielsen: Word-of-Mouth Most Valuable Ad Platform
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 3, 2007
For consumers, slick ads aren't the deal-breaker. It's what other people s ...
- ABC Wins Sunday, Loses 18-49, Fox Drops, Too
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 3, 2007
ABC won the first Sunday of the new season with a Niels ...
- 'Prison' Ad Leaves Its Mark
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Tattooing its way into the hearts and eyes of "Prison Break" fan ...
- A New Kind Of Make-Good?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Plenty of network TV program make-goods are out there this fourth quarte ...
- New Burnett Marketer-Friendly Reality Show: Jingle The Cash Register
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 2, 2007
We thought it was impossible to come up with a reality sh ...
- Silverman: NBC's Schedule Is Scoring--Especially With Young Men
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 1, 2007
Only four days into the season and NBC is flexing its muscl ...
- CBS Flexes Thursday Muscle With 'Trace,' 'Grey's'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 1, 2007
CBS might have showed chinks in the armor early in its seas ...
- Blu-Ray Vs. HD DVD: Decisions Consumers Will Yawn Over
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, October 1, 2007
New entertainment hardware manufacturers are looking to toy around with your end-of-the-ye ...
- Will AT&T Buy EchoStar?
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 28, 2007
Will the cable industry finally get sizable competition from a more leth ...
- 'Bionic,' 'Life' Fly High For NBC
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 28, 2007
True to early network research, NBC's "Bionic Woman" premiere--in the third nig ...
- Networks Go Internet-Retro -- Way Back To 1999
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, September 28, 2007
Networks are going retro with their online efforts. CBS will be produci ...
- Nielsen To Triple National People Meter Panel
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 27, 2007
In four years, the Nielsen Company said, it would triple the si ...
- NBC, Telemundo Ban Unhealthy Kids' Ads From Local Stations
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 27, 2007
First came a national ban. Now, NBC Universal and Telemundo owned-and-operated statio ...
- Barton To Head Retirement TV Sales
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 27, 2007
Former Court TV and Visible World advertising executive Gig Barton has join ...
- 'Cane' Doesn't Sweeten Audience, 'House' Does
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 27, 2007
Little sugar buzz was gained from CBS' Tuesday night debut of "Cane ...
- TV's Version Of Piling On: How To Raise Your Numbers
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, September 27, 2007
NBC will perform a superhuman trick in the first week of t ...
- Nielsen Sings New Ratings Tune: 'We Can Be Heroes, Not Just For One Day'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Nielsen proved its heroism to the broadcast network community Tuesday, but h ...
- Live + Ratings Change Landscape For Advertisers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The new season started with three networks firing off their big guns--a ...
- Lame Political Ads In A DVR World: Fast-Forward To The Next Candidate
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, September 26, 2007
TV stations are smiling in their sleep these days, dreaming about t ...
- ABC Is 'Dancing' With AT&T, Macy's
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Looking to move into the high financial-stakes world of reality show sponsorship ...
- 'Family Guy' Trumps Football, PBS Wins The 'War'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Sunday night turned into the big night for young men and TV--b ...