- Notes From The Other Coast
TV Board, Lydia Loizides - Thursday, July 24, 2008
So, I got in this morning from a week on the le ...
- FCC's Bad Math: Half-Million-Dollar Fine For Half A Second Of Breast?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 24, 2008
A recent episode of TNT's "Saving Grace" had a bunch of expletives--a ...
- CNN's 'Black' Series Attracts McDonald's
Around the Net In Media, Joan Voight - Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The upcoming installments of CNN's "Black in America" series have signed ...
- Does Profit Focus Signal End Of Broadcast TV?
Around the Net In Media, Joan Voight - Wednesday, July 23, 2008
When NBC programming head Ben Silverman, recently said, "We're managing for marg ...
- TiVo, Amazon Strike Deal To Advertise Products
MediaDailyNews, - Wednesday, July 23, 2008
TiVo isn't averse to advertising; it's turning the TV remote into ...
- It's The Web Again For 'Gossip Girl': Will Viewers Find Show On TV?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 23, 2008
For the CW, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Again. Aft ...
- Court Tosses FCC Janet Jackson Fine
MediaDailyNews, - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The FCC was slapped down Monday. A federal appeals court on Mond ...
- 'Deal or No Deal' Goes Into Syndication In September
MediaDailyNews, - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
NBC's half-hour episodes of "Deal or No Deal" will debut in nation ...
- Final Reel: Ebert, Roeper Leave 'At the Movies'
MediaDailyNews, - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Consider it the final reel. Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert, alo ...
- Hallmark Launches Net's First Online Series
MediaDailyNews, Fern Siegel - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Hallmark Channel is launching the net's first online series August 15 ...
- McDonald's Coffee On Local News Show: Viewers Don't Fuss, Anchors Don't Sip
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Research says even the worst of product placement is greeted by viewe ...
- Regency TV Shutters
MediaDailyNews, - Monday, July 21, 2008
Regency TV is shuttering after a 10-year run that began with t ...
- Univision Awards Sizzle, 'Dance' Moves
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 21, 2008
While CBS was, yes, going to the dogs, Univision found some headlin ...
- Addressable Advertising And The Unintended Consequences Of Targeting
TV Board, Frank S. Foster - Monday, July 21, 2008
I spent the better part of last week discussing addressable advertising wi ...
- NBC-Weinstein Snafu: Programming Pacts Need Deal-Making Mark, Not Scar
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 21, 2008
In the entertainment world, a handshake is the deal. But for t ...
- CBS Brass to Testify In Dan Rather Suit
Around the Net In Media, Joan Voight - Friday, July 18, 2008
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- 'Vogue' Launches Online Reality Show
Around the Net In Media, Joan Voight - Friday, July 18, 2008
In a new effort to attract younger fashion fans and marketing dolla ...
- NBC Universal Goes To Court With Designs On Keeping 'Project Runway'
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Friday, July 18, 2008
On January 15, 2007, three of the most powerful people in entertainme ...
- As Emmy Looks To Small And Mighty, Will Cable TV Advertisers Get Bump?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 18, 2008
Little entertainment is big award news, and in that light, are t ...
- Griffin Named President of MSNBC
Around the Net In Media, Joan Voight - Thursday, July 17, 2008
Phil Griffin is ceding control of NBC's "Today," freeing him to foc ...
- Could Cubs Buyer Start an All-Cubs TV Channel?
Around the Net In Media, Joan Voight - Thursday, July 17, 2008
Could a new owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team start ...
- Verizon, Disney Team To Expand Games Channel
MediaDailyNews, - Thursday, July 17, 2008
Verizon is offering its FiOS TV, FiOS Internet and high-speed Net custome ...
- Turning Value On Its Head (Or At Least Thinking Out Of The Box Office)
TV Board, Lydia Loizides - Thursday, July 17, 2008
So, The Hollywood Reporter publishes The Top 40/Film list weekly. I w ...
- ABC's Late-Night Plans: Adding Up To More Than One Late-Night Comedian
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Thursday, July 17, 2008
Beverly Hills, Calif. -- ABC says two late-night stars could be bett ...
- Clarification: Fox Develops 8 Pilots
MediaDailyNews, - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The headline for MediaDailyNews July 16 article on Fox's new pilots suggesti ...
- Fox's New Upfront Plan Starts At Beginning Of Week
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Fox wants to move its upfront location and date? No problem. Ju ...
- Will NBCU Buy Scripps Cable Nets?
MediaDailyNews, - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Some analysts predict NBCU has it's eye on Scripps Networks Interactive a ...
- If Project Canoe Was To Lay An Egg...
TV Board, Mitch Oscar - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The visual: a small bird is calmly nesting a giant, giant e ...
- Dick Wolf Asked For More Order In A TV World Of Different Laws
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Network TV producers have always complained loudly about two issues: the selli ...
- Giving Low-Level Reality Show Celebrities What They Want: A Chance For More Reality.
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 14, 2008
Reality shows contestants are like moths -- attracted to the light. N ...