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Some buyers are optimistic that advertisers will cancel a lower percentage of their upfront buys in the third quarter than they did in the second quarter, TelevisionWeek reports. Many major buyers have asked for an received extensions so they haven’t…
Famously impatient Sumner Redstone has been strangely supportive as Viacom under CEO Philippe Dauman underperforms the cable-network sector, the Wall Street Journal reports. The paper says Dauman may have to overhaul management at MTV Networks, but Viacom says the unit’s…
The Washington Post takes a look at how the struggling economy is affecting what we see on television. It sees recession story lines, stars getting cut from casts because of budget concerns and fewer scripted shows, particularly on NBC. —Jon…
As NBC starts to turn over its late-night lineup, it’s getting some good news from Jimmy Fallon’s show, the Wall Street Journal reports. During the last two weeks or so, Fallon has drawn almost the same sized audience as his…
With CBS and ABC Studios haggling over the license fee for another season of “The Ghost Whisperer,” the studio is talking to the other networks about picking up the series, TelevisionWeek reports. The situation is becoming more common when a…
In an interview about leadership and managing, Disney CEO Bob Iger tells the New York Times that his first boss at the company told him he wasn’t promotable. Iger also tells the paper he has a Scrabble app on his…
Denis Leary is doing a commercial for video Web site Hulu, Entertainment Weekly says. The ad, which broke during the Kentucky Derby, urges TV addicts to send brain-rotting shows to their bookwormy friends on their “Faceyspacey” pages, EW says. —Jon…
CBS is launching an advertising campaign aimed at reinforcing its leadership position among broadcasters to upfront media buyers, TelevisionWeek reports. The campaign launched during CBS shows such as “60 Minutes” on Sunday and includes a front-page ad in Monday’s New…
Walt Disney Co. has been slapping its characters on healthy food products ranging from bananas to avocadoes to chicken nuggets, the Big Money reports. Its latest product is eggs, with each shell stamped with the face of a different Disney…
A writer for the New York Times says he’s already missing Len Berman, who delivered the sports report for 23 years until being dropped by WNBC-TV, New York. For his part, Berman tells the paper he is working on a…