From Campaign US: Mark your calendars…the start of the new broadcast television season is Monday, September 24. In the conclusion of my two-part fall 2018 new network series handicapping, this time I tackle the upcoming newbies on CBS, Fox and The CW. CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown” does not meet my definition of “new” because it […]
From Campaign US: Once upon a time the typical summer TV season was a breeding ground for programming crud like “The Hudson Brothers Show,” “The Ken Berry ‘Wow’ Show,” “The Keane Brothers Show” and leftover episodes of canceled series. My apologies if I have sent you in search of the Pepto-Bismol, but once Memorial Day […]
Household Rating/Share CBS: 9.9/17, ABC: 3.7/ 6, NBC: 2.4/ 4, Fox: 1.2/ 2 -Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening: ABC: +95, CBS: +22, Fox: -8, NBC: -35 Ratings Breakdown: Note: The ongoing NCAA Basketball Tournament on CBS bled into primetime by 36-minutes. All program results for the Eye net, therefore, are estimated. The well-publicized “60 […]
From Campaign US: NBC is referring to the just concluded 2018 PyeongChang Olympics as “the most robust presentation of the Winter Games in media history.” It cites a total audience delivery of approximately 19.8 million viewers, on average, per night (from Thursday, Feb. 8 through Sunday, Feb. 25), according to Nielsen. And NBC specifically states […]
From Campaign US: Coming off the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour and the annual National Association of Television Program Executives conference this month, the theme of note was exactly what I expected: the rise of OTT. More specifically, a changing broadcast model, digital extensions of existing business models, declining cable subscribers and expanding streaming […]
From Campaign US: Let me begin this first column of the New Year with a bold proclamation. I do not believe that the influx of “over-the-top” consumption in the marketplace will replace watching television the old-fashioned way. Not in 2018, not in 2019…or in any year after that. I consider OTT an add-on, not a replacement, […]
As someone who hates shopping, I boldly decided to initially tackle my holiday list at Bed, Bath & Beyond. In search of an aisle I could actually have room to walk in, what immediately caught my attention were the three large displays dressed in blue featuring a wide array of Hanukkah-themed merchandising. In addition to […]
