The Hollywood Reporter today has analysis of why Dick Ebersol--the revered head of NBC Sports--resigned his post this week. "There's a sense that he's an impetuous, arrogant guy," an "insider" told THR, one whose small kingdom within the NBC structure, including a devotion to broadcasting the (extremely expensive) Olympics, led to him conflicting with Read More
NBC played a snippet of the Friends theme song during the video preamble to their "upfront" presentation to advertisers on Monday, and one could imagine that the network missed the good old days. Robert Greenblatt, NBC's newly installed chairman of Entertainment, said during his opening speech: "In the past, nobody did it better than NBC. Read More
NBC has released next season's schedule, one featuring six new series to debut in the fall (and six more for midseason). New shows are to include the Mad Men-alike The Playboy Club, a drama about Bunnies in the 1960s; Up All Night, a comedy about parenthood that is to feature the return of both Christina Read More
Advertisers are already buying spots for the Super Bowl (on FOX this year), which "bodes well" for the rest of the market. [NYT]
FOX will make American Idol a bit shorter; Glee will fill the precious post-Super Bowl slot. [LAT]
The Hollywood Reporter's James Hibberd snuck into a tech run-through of NBC's upfront at the Hilton and Read More
What television network does Satan want you to spend your time watching? On Thursday May 17, around noon, the Prince of Darkness wandered onto stage at the Theater at Madison Square Garden and confirmed what theologians have long suspected. He wants you to watch the CW
Admittedly, Thursday’s ringing endorsement Read More
With the lights down and all eyes up, the president of the most watched television station Read More
They’re bringing us musicals, vampires and swingers!
But Read More
This afternoon ABC presents its 2007-2008 schedule to media and ad reps at Lincoln Center; to get things started this morning, the network released the lineup to press.“We’re heading into the new season with a strong lineup of returning shows that we’ve developed and nurtured over the past few years,” ABC Entertainment President Read More
Mr. Reilly was saying what the hundreds of ad executives milling around Radio City for the first day of the Upfronts already knew. Read More
"We've got the class and next season we're ready to add some mass," said NBC Entertainment Read More
