USA Unveils Sci-Fi Drama Horizon, First Sitcom Pickups
USA is revisiting science fiction with a new show from Walking Dead producer Gale Ann Hurd, called Horizon. The show, set during the Second World War, will follow a secretary at the FBI as she...
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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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The CW Network will bring its programming to Apple TV with a new, ad-supported app, Deadline reported. The CW will be the first network to make its content available directly on the Apple TV set-top...
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This Is What We Saw at the TV Upfronts This Year
In trying to gauge the health of the TV ad sales market, one can opt to discard macroeconomic data on the GDP and spreadsheets on scatter rates. In fact, look no further than the nearest hors...
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Michael J. Fox Explains How His New TV Comedy Mirrors His Real Life
Like most sentient Americans, NBC is a huge Michael J. Fox fan, and the network demonstrated as much last summer when it outmaneuvered its broadcast competition by way of a risky and unprecedented...
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Is Cable Finally Getting Parity With Broadcast?
On Monday, top executives at both NBC and Fox upfronts did something you don’t usually see in a network presentation. They admitted they weren’t happy with their product, either. “We had a challenging...
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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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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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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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Disney Wraps Major Upfront Sales
It's a wrap at the Disney kids' cable group—Disney XD, Disney Channel, and Disney Jr. The networks saw a bump of 25 percent in total dollars over last year, likely because of new network Disney Jr.,...
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Nickelodeon's Jim Perry on His Network and the State of the Market
After a particularly painful ratings drop-off, Nickelodeon is turning things around. The cable network has always controlled the lion's share of the GRPs in the kids' TV market (more than 70 percent...
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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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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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