This Week's Edition

TelevisionWeek is published every Monday, either in print or online. Started in 1982 as Electronic Media, the weekly newspaper covers the TV industry. Below are all the stories that appear exclusively in the weekly edition, either online or in print.

• At Long Last, Conan Takes Command
  It’s been three months since Conan O’Brien hosted his last “Late Night.” While he’s been off the air, he’s hardly been out of the spotlight.... More »
• TVWeek Goes Online as Market Changes
  I’m Chuck Ross, the editorial director and publisher of TelevisionWeek and TVWeek.com. If you’re reading this in our print edition, it’s the last column I’ll... More »
• New Look, Additional Features at TVWeek.com
  As previously announced, this is the last regularly-scheduled print edition of TelevisionWeek. From now on the publication will exist exclusively on the Web at its... More »
• Marketing Syndie’s ‘Office’
  Affiliates airing NBC Universal’s “The Office” are rolling out the show’s syndication advertising campaign, ahead of the customary July pushes. NBC, without a new first-run... More »
• Smith & Co. Expands Reach
  The producer of “Hell’s Kitchen” is getting into the Cupcake business. A. Smith & Co. has signed a series development deal with Cupcake Brown, the... More »
• TV Twittering: A Subtle Art
  When Fox’s “Prison Break” ran its series finale last month, fans of the show were left wondering if the lead character was really dead. Their... More »
• Struggling Soaps Seek New Niche
  Soap operas may be borrowing from one of their favorite plot lines—patient is in a coma, on life support, hanging on by a thread—but they... More »
• Where Is Hispanic TV on Web?
  Hulu last week rolled out a batch of new initiatives to make the Web-video site appealing to more users. One group of users that was... More »
• CBS Seeking a Return to Form
  Over at CBS, offbeat is off the schedule. In the past few years, CBS used upfront week to unveil something a little off-kilter, experimental or... More »
• A Win-Win for ‘Biggest Loser’
  With seven seasons under its belt, NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” is still growing—particularly in developing alternative revenue streams beyond advertising. “Loser’s” consumer-product lines, which include... More »
• Guest Commentary: An Invitation to Advertisers, From Your Pals at the Networks
  TO: Our advertisers FROM: CBS, Fox, ABC, NBC and the CW RE: This year’s TV upfront You’ve been singing the same song for months: Money... More »
• Changing Lanes in the Media Game
  Often in this feature we have written about changes in media usage. As TelevisionWeek changes from a print publication into a Web-only existence, it seems... More »
• The Job's the Thing
  When the National Association of Hispanic Journalists meets June 24-27 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, its members will focus on one topic: staying afloat in... More »
• Keeping His Eye on Diversity
  O. Ricardo Pimental, president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, is editor of the editorial pages of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, a position he... More »
• 2009 Hall of Famer: Ysabel Duron
  A weekend anchor of San Francisco’s “KRON 4 Weekend Morning News” since 1992, Ysabel Duron is an award-winning journalist whose career began in the graduate-level... More »
• 2009 Hall of Famer: Juan Gonzales
  A pioneer in Hispanic journalism, Juan Gonzales founded El Tecolote, a bilingual, noncommercial newspaper in San Francisco’s Mission District, in 1970. The newspaper has since... More »
• 2009 Hall of Famer: Geraldo Rivera
  Currently the host of “Geraldo at Large” on Fox News Channel, Geraldo Rivera has long been a high-profile personality in Hispanic journalism. Although he has... More »
• Convention Timeline
  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HISPANIC JOURNALISTS 7th Annual Convention and Media & Career Expo June 23-27, 2009 Puerto Rico Convention Center San Juan, Puerto Rico Schedule... More »
• Editor's Note: TVWeek, and TV Itself, Are Ready for a Fight
  Everything is going to be fine. In fact, it’s going to be excellent. Perhaps it’s the promise of spring. Perhaps it’s the optimistic rhetoric of... More »
• Adalian Column: Hair Comes Conan, At Long Last
  It’s another sunny day in Southern California, and Conan O’Brien is about to go for a ride. The soon-to-be host of “The Tonight Show” waits... More »
• USA’s Sloane Takes Drama Reins at Fox
  USA Network development executive Lindsay Sloane is joining Fox Broadcasting, signing on to run drama development with Terence Carter. Ms. Sloane and Mr. Carter have... More »
• Fox Wins 5th Straight Season in Key 18-49 Demo
  Fox and CBS did it again. For the 2008-09 TV season, Fox has officially claimed its fifth consecutive ratings win among adults 18-49, while CBS... More »
• YouTube Gets Flexible to Pull in Network Partners
  As YouTube tries to win over television programmers and the brand advertisers that want to sponsor their shows, the site is offering more flexible terms... More »
• Adalian Column: May, the Merry Month of TV Cliches
  May is upfront season in the slave-to-the-cycle TV business. It might just as well be called the Month of Cliches. This is the time of... More »
• Broadcast Networks Holding Firm on Upfront Ad Pricing
  With the television industry slogging through the worst economy in decades, the broadcast networks put their best foot forward at the upfront, then braced for... More »
• Tug-of-War on Upfront Prices
  Media buyers are still calling for price rollbacks going into television’s annual upfront advertising market this week, but network executives say demands for price cuts... More »
• A Worldly View of Things
  Greg Lipstone’s got the whole world in his hands—or at least a good chunk of it. All the major players in the alternative TV agency... More »
• G4 Sets Summer of Originals
  Sexy ladies and poker geeks are joining the primetime lineup at Comcast Entertainment Group’s male-skewing G4. The cable network today will announce greenlights for “2... More »
• '24's' 7th Season Hits Creative High
  Fox’s “24,” which is scheduled to air its two-hour season finale tonight, has returned from a yearlong hiatus with what is arguably its best season... More »
• As Piracy Climbs, TV Takes Up Arms
  Television executives are preparing to wage the same war music executives have been fighting for more than a decade—the battle against pirates. That’s because piracy... More »
• Column: Who Will Survive Online Shakeout?
  There’s just not enough money to go around on the Web. That’s why the digital studios are tumbling down. The first to fall was Mania... More »
• Editorial: Stations Are at Risk if Renewal Term Changes
  Federal Communications Commission Acting Chairman Michael Copps last week said the process for renewing station licenses should be radically altered. We couldn’t disagree more. There... More »
• Guest Commentary: A Reflux-Free Guide to Utilizing Social Media
  What you need to know about social media: Social media is dead. It’s a boom time for social media. Online ads rule. Online ads don’t... More »
• D.C. Talkers: Changing of the Guard
  There’s a certain giddiness in the air at the Sunday morning newsmaker shows these days, with the long election behind them and a whole new... More »
• The Peabody Awards
  The George Foster Peabody Award is considered by many to be the most prestigious honor in electronic media, akin to the Pulitzer Prize for print... More »