Posted on 06/28/2009 4:28:08 AM PDT by abb
"Network evening newscasts will go dark after the '08 elections and their news divisions disbanded."
Walter Abbott, (b. 1950), Media observer and commentator
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http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-tmz28-2009jun28,0,3577013.story?page=1
Michael Jackson may be turning point for TMZ
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1586605.html
By the book: Introducing our summer series
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE55O5E220090625
With economy uncertain, TV ad deals at standstill
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108782
Buyers Market: Upfront Could OK 4Q Ad Flexibility
http://industry.bnet.com/media/10002861/upfront-update-it-might-happen-soon-or-not/
Upfront Update: It Might Happen Soon ... or Not
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/sfl-tc-biz-tech-thistv-0615-0628sbjun28,0,2073102.story
MGM looks to cash in on vintage TV shows
Burn Notice is a really good show with a great cast.
If CBS think that “Big Brother” is going to be their summer-time salvation, they are deluding themselves.
One of the dumbest, most boring shows on TV.
.....Burn Notice is a really good show with a great cast....
Royal Pains is also good, portraying a good guy who inadvertently went to war with the establishment and serndiptously wound up in medical heaven.
I am a great believer in serendipity and perhaps that is why the appeal.
Burn Notice gets better and better.
Hi, Recon Dad:
Most all of the shows I’m looking forward to this summer are
not on the Big Three or HBO.
Sci-Fi Channel’s ‘Eureka’ has been consistently entertaining and good for three seasons. Solid science fiction witing that does not insult the intelligence and a great cast has made this show on of Sci-Fi’s unsung success stories.
‘Burn Notice’ flat out rocks! Bruce Campbell has found his niche and there’s nothing wrong with Gabrielle Anwar’s proclivity for firearms and explosives!
‘Royal Pains’ hasn’t won me over yet, but I’ll give it a few more episodes.
Looking forward to the second seasons of Joss Whedon’s ‘Dollhouse’. Good cast and an excellent story that demands constant attention. Also, ABC’s ‘Castle’, which is written to former Whedon alum, Nathan Fillion’s strengths.
Jack.
* was the #1 network on Friday nights, broadcast or cable, among Adults 18-34,Persons 12-34; and the #3 network, broadcast or cable, among Adults 18-49 (beating NBC, FOX, and CW) and #4 network, broadcast or cable, among Total Viewers 2+ (beating FOX and CW)
* ranked as the #4 network among all Adults 18-34 and all Persons 12-34, beating NBC and CW
* ranked as the #5 network among all Total Viewers 2+ and Adults 18-49
* out-delivered at least one or more of the English-language broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX) on nearly six out of seven nights (85% of the time or 23 out of 27 nights) among Adults 18-34
* out-delivered at least one or more of the English-language broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX) on one out of three nights (41% of the time or 11 out of 27 nights) among Adults 18-49.
This May, the most-watched station in the country was is once again Univision`s Los Angeles flagship station KMEX among Adults 18-49, regardless of language.
* Univision`s KMEX in Los Angeles and WXTV in New York once again win the #1 and #2 early evening local newscast rankings among Adults 18-49 in the entire country, regardless of language.
* Univision stations ranked #1 in primetime in the following markets:
* Adults 18-34: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and Sacramento
* Adults 18-49: Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and Dallas
* Persons 12-34: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and Sacramento
* Total Viewers 2+: Los Angeles, Miami, and Houston
Univision`s early evening local newscast averaged higher viewership than ABC, CBS and NBC`s local newscasts combined among Adults 18-34, regardless of language, in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Dallas,andPhoenix.
* Univision stations delivered the #1 11pm (10pm Central) late local news, regardless of language, in the following markets:
* Adults 18-34: Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and Sacramento
* Adults 18-49: Los Angeles, Houston, and Phoenix
* Adults 25-54: Los Angeles, Houston, and Phoenix
This article is about ten days old, but is very important. Advertising totes the freight for the big four. Money is definitely pinching.
Which is very, very good news!
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-upfront18-2009jun18,0,7105520.story
Ad rate stalemate freezes usually hot TV network sales time
Advertisers want TV broadcasters, including ABC, CBS and NBC, to cut prices as much as 15% compared with 2008. Disagreement is delaying the start of the so-called upfront market.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upfront
Jeffrey Donovan is also an incredibly gifted actor. The guy regularly does as many as three distinct characters in one episode, and NAILS them. The guy is awesome.
Hot girl with guns and C-4... What’s not to like.
Commercials! It may just be my impression, but they are just so many of them. I sometimes for fun count the number of commercials in a break. I have counted as high as 12! Six minutes of 30 second spots. I should point out that the sound is off.
In this they are like policticians. Higher taxes more money, more commercials, more money. The truth is just the opposite.
I have access to over 200 channels via my cable provider, and I swear there are hours and hours there is nothing on I wish to watch. (This is actually good as it gives me time to do more important things).
Television viewing is a habit. They are helping me break the habit.
I am old enough to remember “must see TV”. Shows it seems like everyone in the nation watched each week and then discussed the next day at work. Are there any must see TV shows on today? Not for me. If I miss an episode of a show I know that it will appear three, four, five or a dozen more times in the next six months. Who cares anymore.
Reading the line-up, it looks like 90% of the TV offerings are for ditzy liberal women, bed-wetting college kids and losers with the attention span of a nit.
And to realize these morons can vote is depressing.
I, too, like Burn Notice, but have only seen it on my computer from their website.
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