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...
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As broadcasters figure out how to slice up the digital subchannel real estate freed up by the discontinuance of their old analog channels, some will use the bandwidth for things other than traditional TV programming. The Fox-owned station group and many other stations around the country are already using...
It’s a Chrismukkah miracle: 2008 will end with at least one of the major networks showing year-to-year viewer growth. The sorry story of the television season to date has been one of decline almost from the moment the first shows premiered in September. But now, 13 weeks into the ratings race, CBS has...
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The broadcast networks are looking for a do-over. After an awful autumn that saw the Big Five shed a stunning 12% of their collective audience year-to-year, the networks are planning radical surgery on their prime-time schedules next year. More than a dozen newcomers will have their debuts between next...
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This year’s November sweeps ratings period, buffeted by economic upheaval and declining statistical relevance to networks, saw ABC and CBS on top in adults 18-49 and total viewers, respectively. Only smaller networks The CW and MyNetworkTV avoided audience erosion in their target demographics. At press...
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