A historic presidential campaign is ending with a blitz of negative ads and a surge in spending by the presidential candidates, but a surprise shortfall in spending by independent groups. It’s also ending with the unexpected emergence of Georgia, North…
All three broadcast networks are producing hourlong editions of their flagship newscasts on Monday, the eve of the groundbreaking, high-stakes national election. At last count on Friday, it appeared the rare second half-hour would be carried by significant numbers of…
What has become of the November sweeps? Formerly a cavalcade of outrageous theme weeks, crossover episodes and stunt casting, the annual fall race for ratings supremacy and maximum ad rates has become increasingly reserved, trending away from the usual attention-grabbing…
January could be the new September in TV land. After a ho-hum autumn filled with fewer fall launches than usual, networks are gearing up for a blizzard of midseason programming changes. And unlike past seasons, the schedule shuffles aren’t just…
I want it to be over, and yet I can’t bear to let it go. No, I’m not talking about Fox’s “’Til Death,” which the network mercifully put on hiatus last week. As much as I enjoy using Brad Garrett’s…
Debra L. Lee can take a joke. And the BET Networks CEO can deliver one, too. You may or may not agree with The Insider that it’s just funny—and not in a ha-ha way—that of the 25 recipients of the…
As the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” suggests, not everyone who’s watching baseball on television is doing it in his living room. Turner Broadcasting, which televised baseball’s American League Championship Series last month, commissioned new research to…
The NFL Network is ready for some football. After spending much of its energy battling cable operators for carriage, the NFL Network is hitting the sweet spots of its year this week, when it begins to air its slate of…
Fuse, the youthful music television challenger to MTV, will be playing some classic licks next year. The Cablevision-owned network has made a deal to televise live the annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for three years beginning…