It might not get a lot of hype, but NBC’s “Medium” has quietly turned into one of the network’s most reliable bench performers. Glenn Gordon Caron The drama about a psychic (Patricia Arquette) balancing her family life and her special powers gets very little help from the network’s promotions department...
NBC is frontloading its summer schedule, packing June with a bevy of scripted and unscripted series as part of a bid to help boost Conan O’Brien’s premiere month as host of “The Tonight Show.” The network’s just-announced summer schedule includes the long-delayed bows of scripted series “The Philanthropist...
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While paid ads will get most of the attention during NBC’s telecast of the Super Bowl on Sunday, network parent NBC Universal is hoping to steal its share of the big day’s big buzz with a well-orchestrated promotional blitz that will focus on virtually all units of the company. NBC’s network schedule...
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NBC will bid farewell to “ER” with a two-hour finale on March 12 at 9 p.m., the network said in its mid-season schedule announcement. New series “Kings” will start with a two-hour premiere March 19 at 9 p.m. before it settles into “ER’s” time slot March 26 at 10 p.m. The network’s mid-season push begins...
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NBC hopes to weather the hurricane that is "American Idol" by pumping up its reality offerings in January. The network will go all-unscripted on Monday and much of Tuesday during the first month of 2009, according to a new schedule announced today. Mondays will be devoted to the recently announced...
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NBC executives apparently forsee a bright future for “Medium.” According to people familiar with the situation, the network today ordered six more episodes of the CBS Paramount Network Television-produced drama. “Medium” was given a 13-episode midseason order last spring, and now NBC has decided to expand...
NBC is pulling the plug on its highly touted fall drama "My Own Worst Enemy" as well as sophomore hour "Lipstick Jungle." According to a person familiar with the situation, the network has decided not to order any additional episodes of the two shows, both of which are produced by...
With television makers including Samsung and Panasonic this year unveiling flat-screen sets that are capable of displaying 3-D content, the format is widely considered the next leap forward in TV technology. So far, 3-D programming has been about stunts and gimmicks rather than an earnest play to engage...