After more than three months, 42 episodes and countless hours of watching the houseguests live and interact with each other, the 18th season of “Big Brother” on CBS has come to a close. A summer television staple since its inception in 2000, let’s take a deeper look: THE GOOD “Team Friendship” Two newbies emerged as […]
On Wednesday, March 16, 2016, Programming Insider‘s Douglas Pucci was a guest on “The Morning Fix” with JJ and Scott on Northern Iowa’s Y100.1 FM to discuss how the upcoming NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament will be televised during the time on the sports calendar that is annually labeled as March Madness. Think you […]
Given the sizeable audience flocking to the small screen for NBC’s “The Sound of Music Live” with Carrie Underwood in 2013 (not to mention the premium advertising rates charged by the network), it is no surprise we have a live production of “The Wiz” tonight (and also on NBC). “Peter Pan” with Allison Williams was […]
FROM CAMPAIGN US I admit it. My summer guilty pleasure is “Big Brother.” I miss “Jersey Shore.” And I can’t wait for the return of “Survivor” every fall. And, guess what: I am not in the demo the broadcasters and advertisers covet. I am one of those people who should be in a rocker watching […]
Like so many viewers, I had to tune in last Saturday to see Donald Trump return as host of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Despite Trump’s limited screen time (just 12-minutes in total, according to published reports) the episode itself seemed like nothing more than a stiff and humorless 90-minute campaign ad for his Republican run […]
IT’S A lot of white noise. If you happen to be an average TV household, you have access to about 200 channels. You are probably watching about five hours of television every day. And, with the rise of streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu, more than 400 scripted series are vying for your […]
