Hang 10: The Year's Most Promising Failed Pilots
Perhaps no exchange more efficiently lays bare the unsentimental heart of the TV business quite like the back-and-forth between Jules and Vincent at the beginning of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction....
View ArticleTed Gets Dirty With Axe Hair Products in Seth MacFarlane Ads (NSFW)
Ted, the Seth MacFarlane movie, has been a monster at the box office. And Axe must be patting itself on the back—or perhaps running its hands through its silky-smooth hair—for jumping on board. Axe...
View ArticleFey and Poehler Lead Golden Globes to 6-Year Ratings High
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler not only made the Golden Globes fun again, but they also helped deliver the award show’s highest ratings in six years. Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, NBC’s broadcast of...
View ArticleABC Strikes Gold With the Oscars
With just under three weeks to go before the film world descends on Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre, ABC has sold the last available inventory in its broadcast of the 84th annual Academy Awards. Minutes...
View ArticleUpdate: Oscars Ratings Rise 11 Percent
Viewers may have been divided on first-time Oscars host Seth MacFarlane, but the Family Guy auteur appeared to have struck a chord with Nielsen households. According to true fast national data for...
View ArticleFox Spills the Beans on Upfront Slate
Having finished the process of selecting its new original series for the upcoming broadcast season, Fox on Wednesday evening took the unconventional step of revealing its picks ahead of next week’s...
View ArticleSci-Fi, Comedy Dominate Fox’s Fall Schedule
The boys are crashing Fox’s Tuesday night comedy block, as Seth MacFarlane’s first live-action comedy, Dads, and the Andy Samberg cop caper Brooklyn Nine-Nine will set the table for the...
View ArticleAmerican Dad Moves to TBS in 2014
Seth MacFarlane’s dominance over Fox’s “Animation Domination” lineup is on the wane. Just months after the network elected to cancel The Cleveland Show after four seasons, TBS announced that it would...
View ArticleFox Will Invest $150 Million in Broadcast Programming
The newly-created 21st Century Fox had its first earnings call on Tuesday afternoon, and, perhaps befitting its status as half of the old News Corp., took half as long as most earnings calls with 15...
View ArticleSleepy Hollow Scares Up Huge Ratings for Fox
If it hadn’t clicked, the corridors at Fox would’ve been a-roil with rolling heads. But thanks to a smart marketing campaign and a rip-roaring narrative, the series premiere of Sleepy Hollow was a...
View ArticleSnobs Vs. Slobs: Fox’s Dads Connects With the Upper Crust
When not getting under the skin of television critics, Fox’s new comedy Dads is carving out a niche with the swells at the country club. According to Nielsen demographic data, Tuesday’s premiere of...
View ArticleFox Gives Back-Nine Order to Brooklyn Nine-Nine
On the heels of a trio of back-nine orders at CBS, Fox today announced that it has made a full series commitment to its new Monday night sitcom, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Nine-Nine’s back-nine brings its...
View ArticleLongoria Doesn't Sell for Hulu
Were the NewFronts worth it? That's the question some in the Web video industry might be asking, even as they prep for next year's week of shows. A few weeks ago, it was revealed that Yahoo hadn't...
View ArticleFox Is Bringing Metaphysics Back to the Masses With a Reboot of Cosmos
It’s an early January afternoon on the Upper West Side, just days after the Earth began heaving itself along on yet another elliptical voyage around the sun, and a polar vortex has stupefied New York...
View ArticleSweeping Changes in Store at Fox
When the Knights of the Laptop begin to examine the fall broadcast schedule in earnest, expect a deluge of think pieces on how, after a seemingly robust return to form a few seasons back, broadcast...
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