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Morgan Stanley Analyst: Bullish on TV in General, Though Says Broadcast Nets May Have to Convert Themselves into Pay Nets

"[T]V can grow in the mid-single digits when you take affiliate revenue and ad revenue together…" was the pronouncement this week of Ben Swinburne, media analyst at Morgan Stanley, B&C reports. Next year should see an increase in ad spending…

Report: Jon and Kate’s Eight Kids are Miserable; Advertisers in Their TLC Show Unhappy

MyFoxPhilly.com reports on the new US magazine, out Friday, July 24, and its cover story about how despondent Jon and Kate’s eight kids are. Furthermore, executives from TLC, the network that airs "Jon & Kate Plus 8" are reportedly meeting…

Senator Infuriated About TV Ads That Look Like Newscasts, Asks FCC and FTC to Investigate

Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) is mad as hell and doesn’t want to take it anymore. What’s gotten the Senator’s ire up are commercials that look like newscasts, B&C reports. She wants to know why the Federal Trade Commission doesn’t tell…

FCC is Opening Inquiry Into Children’s TV Rules

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski told the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday that the FCC would revisit its rules governing children’s TV, Multichannel News reported. These are the rules that, among other things, require "broadcasters to air three hours per week of educational…

What’s REALLY Going on With the Upfront

In this exclusive TVWeek Media Planner piece, we explain why it’s almost the end of July and much of the Upfront Marketplace still hasn’t moved. Click here to read the article. And if you like what you read, come back…

Back to the Future: Iger Says Disney Looking to Create Big Portal for Online Content, and Charge for It

Disney is considering putting a broad spectrum of its content online, perhaps in a single site for which it will charge a subscription, The Hollywood Reporter reports. At a speech at a tech conference Wednesday, Disney President and CEO Robert…

Payne Brings Joy: Tyler Perry Sitcom Gets Order of 46 More Episodes From TBS

"House of Payne" has received two orders from TBS for 46 more episodes, The Hollywood Reporter reports. It brings the total episode count of the series to 172. "In two years (we’re) where we thought we would be in three…

Director of ABC’s New ‘Flash Forward’ on Why He Wanted to Bring a Kangaroo to Comic-Con (and What Happened)

David Goyer, who’s directing ABC’s "Flash Forward" is a Comic-Con veteran, he says in his guest blog for latimes.com. He writes, "Two years ago, I ran into a woman dressed in a Cat Woman outfit who tried to hump my…

Stuttering John Still With Leno, But No Longer On-Camera; Liz Plonka From Conan’s Old Show Will Direct Leno

John Melendez, the Jay Leno announcer who was known for years as Stuttering John when he was part of Howard Stern’s old radio show, will no longer be on-air when Leno comes back in primetime, Variety reports. Instead, Melendez will…

TV Will Have Its Biggest Presence Ever at Comic-Con, But May Be Upstaged by 20 Minute Screening of Cameron’s 3D ‘Avatar’ in First Public Showing

As much as fans at the sold-out Comic-Con, starting Thursday in San Diego, might be looking forward to tons of panels and screenings of TV fare, the talk of the convention has already become the first ever public screening of…