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Column: Rest Assured, TV Will Survive Tough Times

I love this stuff. That, in five words or less, sums up why I consider myself beyond blessed to have spent virtually the whole of my adult life getting paid to write about television. True: At this very moment, things are glum in the land of make-believe...

Published Sun, Apr 26 2009 11:00 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, John Landgraf, How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, Print Edition, Mike Darnell, Josh Schwartz, Nina Tassler, Medium, Lauren Zalaznick, Glenn Gordon Caron, Peter Roth, Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Susan Zirinsky
‘Medium’s’ Gordon Caron on Longevity, ‘Moonlighting’

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...

Published Sun, Mar 22 2009 11:10 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, NBC, Print Edition, Medium, Glenn Gordon Caron, Moonlighting
NBC Heats Up Summer Lineup to Give O’Brien a Lift

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...

Published Thu, Mar 12 2009 3:18 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, NBC, The Tonight Show, Merlin, America’s Got Talent, Law & Order: SVU, The Philanthropist, Medium, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Conan O’Brien, I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!, The Listener, The Meteor, Law & Order, Great American Road Trip
NBC Prepping Super Bowl Promo Punch

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...

Published Sun, Jan 25 2009 10:18 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, NBC, The Office, Jay Leno, Chuck, Print Edition, Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, Heroes, Kings, Super Bowl, Medium, 3-D, Southland, John Miller
‘Office,’ ‘L&O: SVU’ Headed to Fall ‘09

Off-network syndication offerings for 2009 are slim, but with syndicators and stations concerned about the tough economy, the segment’s importance will grow considerably in the next couple of seasons. Along with being the network’s top-rated show, NBC...

Published Sun, Dec 14 2008 10:06 PM by News

Filed under: Syndication, The Office, Grey's Anatomy, NBC Universal, How I Met Your Mother, Print Edition, Sci Fi Channel, Lifetime, Twentieth Television, My Name Is Earl, Ion Television, CSI, Law & Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, Medium, Disney-ABC, CBS TV Distribution, Ghost Whisperer, Bones, Everybody Hates Chris, Trifecta Entertainment & Media, The Hills, Laguna Beach, Cold Case Files, Numb3rs, CBS Domestic Television, CSI: NY
NBC Midseason: ‘Kings’ Gets ‘ER’ Slot

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...

Published Wed, Dec 3 2008 4:41 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, NBC, Greg Daniels, The Office, Chuck, Life, Heroes, Knight Rider, Kings, ER, Medium, XIII, Untitled Amy Poehler Project
NBC Devotes Monday, Tuesday Nights to Reality in January

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...

Published Tue, Nov 25 2008 2:35 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, NBC, Saturday Night Live, Chuck, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, SNL, Law & Order: SVU, Momma's Boys, Medium, The Last Templar, Superstars of Dance, Howie Do It?, The Biggest Loser: Couples
NBC Orders Six More Episodes of 'Medium'

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...

Published Fri, Nov 14 2008 6:48 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, NBC, CBS Paramount Network Television, Medium
Ax Falls on NBC's 'Enemy,' 'Lipstick'

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...

Published Thu, Nov 13 2008 12:13 AM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, NBC, My Own Worst Enemy, Heroes, Lipstick Jungle, Medium, Cancellations
TV's Next Dimension

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...

Published Sun, Oct 5 2008 11:43 PM by News

Filed under: Broadcast, NBC, Chuck, Print Edition, Samsung, Live With Regis and Kelly, Panasonic, 3D, Medium

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