- 'Idol' Slows 'Dancing' Down
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
After soaring the first two weeks worth of shows--culminating with a b ...
- NBC's Zucker: Digital TV Dollars Improved, But Still A Tiny Base
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 19, 2009
If dollars-and-sense logic occupies the TV industry these days, then it ...
- Fired Up: Discovery Sues Amazon Over Kindle
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Discovery is suing Amazon for copyright infringement for its popular Kindle a ...
- Syndies Pick Up Viewers, 'Doctors' Gets Boost
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Syndication programs generally picked up more viewers for the first week ...
- Make-Good Ratings Guarantees For Actors In Commercials?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
The advertising industry is looking for consistency with the actors unions ...
- Upshot: Gray TV Records 12% Net Rev Rise
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 16, 2009
Gray Television has good and bad news in the fourth quarter. T ...
- NBC's 'Kings' Turn To Pawns Sunday Night
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 16, 2009
NBC's "Kings" turned into some weak pawns for its Sunday night premier ...
- When TV Shows Attack Each Other -- And Get Better Ratings
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 17, 2009
It's a TV programming trend that begs development: When TV shows atta ...
- Fox Won't Repeat TV Ad Reductions
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 13, 2009
Fox's "remote free TV" effort this year--which drastically cuts advertising time ...
- Rx: Clooney Lifts 'ER' Ratings
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 13, 2009
George Clooney's somewhat secret return to "ER" helped NBC on Thursday night--b ...
- Younger TV Networks On The Move
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 16, 2009
Television's two best-known younger-targeted networks are looking to shake things up. T ...
- More News Corp. Shakeup: Liguori Out
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2009
News Corp. announced another major surprising shakeup--now Fox Broadcasting Chairman of Entertainme ...
- CBS Sports Brings Live NCAA Tournament Games To iPhones
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2009
CBSSports.com has inked a first-time-ever mobile deal with mobile TV aggregator Mobi ...
- Advertisers: Union Deals For New Actors Should Be Ratings-Based
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2009
Television ratings fragmentation is now coming into play with the advertising industry ...
- Stimulate My TV Business
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 13, 2009
Stimulus package for the TV industry: In the last few days, h ...
- Disney Debuts D23: Pitches All Disney, All The Time
Marketing Daily, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2009
Walt Disney has started up retail stores, broadcast and cable networks, theatric ...
- TV Pressure Group: PBS Too Sleepy For Kids
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Although many TV pressure groups have criticized programmers for violent, sex-filled, ...
- As 'Idol' Scares Away Competition, 'Loser' Gains
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday offered up the same big "Idol" results--and the same run-and-hide programmi ...
- Branded TV In Europe: Going In Different Directions
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 12, 2009
In Europe, branded entertainment is considered both a good and bad thin ...
- Disney Debuts D23: Pitches All Disney, All The Time
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Walt Disney has started up retail stores, broadcast and cable networks, theatric ...
- ABC Reality Shows Are 'Dancing'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
ABC's veteran reality shows are getting new life on Mondays this yea ...
- Mobile TV: Consumers Shaking Heads Over Monthly Fees
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
The eternal optimism of execs in the mobile TV category continues ...
- Conan O'Brien Drafts Next Season's Marketing Plan
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 9, 2009
NBC's next big late-night marketing effort is now underway with a massi ...
- 'Celebrity Apprentice' Shakes 'Housewives'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 9, 2009
"Desperate Housewives" had new competition on Sunday night. The second episode ...
- Should DVR Playback Be Viewed As Less-Urgent TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Two of the lowest-rated TV networks -- NBC and CW -- ha ...
- AT&T Plays Music With MTV's 'Vault'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 6, 2009
AT&T is sponsoring a new effort by MTV Networks to promote i ...
- Special-Edition 'Idol' Commands Thursday
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Friday, March 6, 2009
For the second week in a row, Fox's special edition of "Americ ...
- ROI TV Currency? Too Many Variables For One Legal Tender
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, March 9, 2009
One TV currency size mostly fits all -- right now, anyway. That ...
- Nexstar Shines With Rev Growth
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 5, 2009
Small TV station group Nexstar Broadcasting found some big results. Many ...
- Digital Switch Improves, Nearly 5 Mil. Still Unprepared
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, March 5, 2009
Analog TV households are making some gains into transitioning their televisions in ...