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CBS Pumps Up Its Fall Comedy Lineup
When you return as many franchise series as CBS did this year, you don’t change the schedule so much as shift the tiles around like a giant Rubik’s Cube. The top-rated broadcast network today...
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The CW Stacks Up the Sci-Fi
The CW today announced a radical tinkering of its prime-time Feng Shui, shifting two bubble series to Monday nights and placing its new series in unexpected time slots. The new lineup centralizes the...
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Our Picks for the 5 Best and 5 Worst New TV Shows
THE FIVE BEST … As cable siphons off GRPs like a fat kid sucking YooHoo through a Krazy Straw, broadcasters have countered with manic fits of development. Among the best:(1) Resurrection (ABC) The...
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The 5 Time Slot Showdowns Will Look Like This
Now that the Tetris tiles of the 2013–14 TV schedule have dropped into place, a number of intriguing programming showdowns await. With 51 new scripted series slated to premiere in the coming season,...
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CBS Picks Up Bad Teacher
A week after presenting its 2013-14 prime-time schedule at Carnegie Hall, CBS on Wednesday announced it has picked up another new series. The network has scooped up Sony Pictures Television’s Bad...
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Early Stirrings in the Cable Upfront Marketplace
And they’re off! Sort of. Though there’s not been any substantial movement in the broadcast market yet, a few of the cable players are already deep in negotiations. Viacom has worked its way through a...
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Fox, ABC Begin Hashing Out Upfront Deals
Call it the déjà vu upfront. In what appears to be a simulacrum of last year’s orderly upfront bazaar, Fox and ABC have started writing deals with some of the major media agencies. And while both...
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Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj Split With American Idol
The American Idol exodus continues apace, as pricey divas Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj have decided to leave the show after a single season. PMK-BNC, Carey’s publicity firm, tweeted out the news late...
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NBC Hungry for More Hannibal
The wait is over for NBC’s killer new drama Hannibal, as the Peacock on Thursday announced it has renewed the show for a second season. Based on the 1981 Thomas Harris novel, Red Dragon, and developed...
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Fox Makes Headway as First Week of Upfront Deals Ends
After jumping out to an early start on Wednesday, Fox steadily has been closing its 2013-14 upfront deals, writing business at slightly less inflated rates than in recent years. According to media...
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Starcom President Explains Her Holistic Approach to Data
SpecsWho Amanda RichmanNew gig President, investment and activation, StarcomOld gig President, digital, MediaVestAge 46What is your mission statement? It’s truly to break down the silos in the...
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The CW Closes Out Its Upfront Deals
The CW is once again the first network to finish writing its upfront business, taking in approximately $400 million to $410 million in advance commitments for the 2013-14 TV season. Sources said that...
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CBS Nears Upfront Finish Line
After a week of stealthily locking down a flurry of deals with agencies, CBS is on the verge of wrapping its 2013-14 upfront business. Sources with knowledge of the network’s negotiations said the...
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Turner Halfway Through Upfront Deals; Fox Effectively Done
With much of the broadcast upfront market still unsettled—ABC and NBC are still ironing out their pricing strategies—some top-tier cable players have quietly begun piecing together deals with major...
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Turner Wraps Upfront Business; Broadcast Still in Motion
Turner Broadcasting System has wrapped the bulk of its entertainment network upfront sales, finalizing the last of its deals with the major media agencies just hours ago. According to multiple...
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is the Hottest Ticket at Comic-Con
Despite a notably toned-down presence among Disney-owned properties at Comic-Con, there was no hotter ticket than the 90-minute panel for Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC’s much anticipated fall...
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Discovery Communications Concludes Its Upfront Business
Six weeks after securing its first commitments from advertisers for the coming TV season, Discovery Communications has put a bow on the 2013-14 upfront bazaar. According to media buyers, the Discovery...
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What the Publicis-Omnicom Merger Means to Media Owners
It may be instructive to think of the Publicis-Omnicom merger as a fantastically complex Rube Goldberg device that was triggered by Sunday’s signing ceremony. The convoluted machinations that will be...
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NBC Closes Final Upfront Deal
In what will go on the books as one of the most drawn-out upfront seasons in recent memory, NBCUniversal has finalized its last major agency deal. Having finished its business with GroupM, NBCU closes...
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NBCU Revenue Soars on Cable, Broadcast Ad Sales Momentum
With the 2013-14 upfront receding in the rearview mirror, NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke told investors this morning that the company’s broadcast and cable units have made “good progress” in their...
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