The broadcast networks are making Friday nights a little more interesting this season. Once home to some of TV’s biggest shows—think “Dallas” or ABC’s “TGIF” comedy hits—Friday has fallen out of favor at the networks in recent years. The night has become home to cheap reality fare, newsmagazines and...
Posted to
The Business of Television
by
News
on
Sun, Feb 15 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: Broadcast, Fox, Dollhouse, ABC, CBS, NBC, The CW, Deal or No Deal, Life, MyNetworkTV, Flashpoint, Friday Night Lights, Preston Beckman, Moonlight, Lipstick Jungle, Crusoe, TV Ratings, The Ex List, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs, WWE Friday Night Smackdown, Howie Do It, Pring Edition
“Do Not Disturb” may have had a short life, but it made a big impression on critics. The three airings Fox gave its hotel-set comedy were enough to convince participants in TelevisionWeek ’s semiannual Critics Poll to declare it the worst show on TV this winter. But while Fox claimed the top of the poll...
Posted to
The Business of Television
by
News
on
Sun, Jan 4 2009
Filed under:
Filed under: Broadcast, Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Print Edition, My Own Worst Enemy, Kath & Kim, Knight Rider, Crusoe, Do Not Disturb, Gary Unmarried, Critics Poll, According to Jim
NBC is keeping its new fall shows under wraps a little while longer. The network had planned to screen newcomers “My Own Worst Enemy,” “Kath & Kim,” “Crusoe” and “Knight Rider” next Monday as part of the Paley Center for Media’s annual fall preview screening series . All five major broadcast networks...
Posted to
The Business of Television
by
News
on
Tue, Sep 2 2008
Filed under:
Filed under: Broadcast, ABC, NBC, My Own Worst Enemy, Kath & Kim, Knight Rider, Kings, Life on Mars, Pilots, The Paley Center for Media, Crusoe