- May Sweeps: ABC Takes Thursdays
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 19, 2008
The May sweeps continued to lumber to a conclusion -- with networ ...
- Fox Cuts Commercials, But Not Price
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Sunday, May 18, 2008
Just when you thought the upfronts were going to be head-scratching ...
- Drama Unfolding: Fox Cuts Ad Time In Half For New Shows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 16, 2008
Fox will make a bold advertising move this fall for a coup ...
- CBS Expands Digital Empire, Buys CNET
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 16, 2008
CBS will broaden its Internet-owned business with an agreement to buy CN ...
- Upfront: Fox Launches 2 Fall Shows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 16, 2008
Like CBS the day before, Fox offered up a more traditional programmi ...
- Finding Young Viewers For Late Night: Can Fallon Save The Day?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 16, 2008
Think about Jimmy Fallon, late night DVR playback, and how Internet streami ...
- Upfront: CBS Bets On Comedy, Crime Shows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 15, 2008
CBS is going back to what it does best--coming up with n ...
- Magna Global: NBC Upfront Gets Higher Marks Than Rivals
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 15, 2008
So far during this upfront presentation season, NBC gotten a big thumbs- ...
- TV Upfronts: Two Jimmys, One Party -- And Little Excitement
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 15, 2008
Now late-night TV will have two Jimmys -- Kimmel and Fallon. Shouldn ...
- ABC Trumpets Advertising Value Index During Upfront
Marketing Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2008
[Strategy] As ABC unveiled a slimmer slate of fall shows during i ...
- Upfront: ABC Trumpets Advertising Value Index
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2008
As ABC unveiled a slimmer slate of fall shows during its upfro ...
- Upfront: ABC To Debut 4 New Shows, 'Life On Mars' Big Drama
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Due to the writers' strike interruption, ABC will debut four new sho ...
- Upfront: CW Trims to Five Nights A Week, Adds Three New Shows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2008
After a tough season, the CW will launch three new shows--two dram ...
- CW's Leasing Sunday Night Time Slots
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 14, 2008
To some TV programmers, CW selling off its entire Sunday night prime-ti ...
- Upfront: NBC Retains, Adds To Branded Entertainment Deals
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The upfront process has started for NBC--at least in terms of so ...
- Long-Awaited: Jimmy Fallon Takes 'Late Night' Reins
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Saving one high-profile announcement for upfront week, NBC revealed that former "Saturd ...
- Viewers Favor Product Placement Over Commercials -- But What's The Tipping Point?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, May 13, 2008
A new poll by Entertainment Weekly shows three out of four ...
- CW Sells Off Sunday Night To MRC
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 12, 2008
Looking to cut back its ailing programming efforts, CW has made ...
- Tribune Gets Mixed 1Q Report: TV Revs Up, Newspapers Dive
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 12, 2008
Tribune Corp. is still mired in financial problems--but there was good ne ...
- TV Upfront's Bonfire: Ringing Five Alarms
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, May 12, 2008
The upfront is here -- because we smell the smoke of number-crunchi ...
- Cablevision Revs Up 10%, Co. In Action Mode
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 9, 2008
Cablevision Systems continues to grow its revenues--up 10.1% to $1.72 billion ...
- MGM Grand/Foxwoods Campaign Uses TV Remotes To Enhance Ads
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 9, 2008
Backchannelmedia has started a campaign for new Horizon Media advertising client M ...
- NBC Makes A Leap To 24-Hour Local News Channel
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, May 9, 2008
You can easily make a case that the Internet and other digit ...
- News Corp. Sees Strong Earnings, TV Income Soars
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 8, 2008
In the face of a possible recessionary economy, News Corp.'s quarterly earnin ...
- Zalaznick Heads Women@NBCU, New Unit Links Female-Targeted Media
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 8, 2008
NBC Universal has created a new cross-media platform for advertisers that targ ...
- News Corp. Digital Business Misses Its Mark
Online Media Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 8, 2008
In the face of a possible recessionary economy, News Corp.'s quarterly earnin ...
- Just A 'Baby Chimp': Sinclair CEO Pooh-Poohs DVR Impact
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, May 8, 2008
Sinclair Broadcast Group's CEO David Smith says DVR usage has had litt ...
- Disney Sees Broadcast, Cable Revs Rise
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Walt Disney broadcast and cable networks continued to post strong financial resul ...
- 'House,' 'Dancing' Post Season Lows
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 7, 2008
TV ratings in the May sweeps continue to be inversely proportional ...
- NBC Goes Long For Advertisers In Next Year's Super Bowl
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Think about a better plan NBC could have worked out for tryi ...