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Regis & Kelly Tribute: ‘Live’s’ Perfect Third Banana
Michael Gelman Turned His Show and Himself Into Syndie Stars
Hard to Safeguard the Brand
Two Recent Changes in Approach Put Off Loyal Consumers by Altering Perception
In Brief: Nielsen’s New BuzzMetrics Service to Measure Online Commentary
Nielsen Media Research has jumped into the world of buzz measurement with a new service called Nielsen BuzzMetrics. The company will monitor, measure and analyze comments about TV programs and other products on blogs and in Internet chat rooms. BuzzMetrics,…
Lessons for Our TV Future From BSkyB
U.K. Broadcaster’s Playbook Includes Multiplatform Deals
Regis & Kelly Tribute: Regis and Kelly Through the Years
1961“The Regis Philbin Show” premieres in October on KGTV in San Diego. Due to budget constraints, the program has no writers and Mr. Philbin starts each show by improvising a dialogue with the audience about current events and what’s going…
Regis & Kelly Tribute: ‘Live’ Viewers Among Daytime TV’s Most Loyal
When it comes to viewer loyalty and commitment, “Live With Regis and Kelly” is one of the elite daytime talk shows. Data from Nielsen Media Research for November 2005 shows that among the key daytime category of women 25 to…
Measuring Engagement
By Chuck Ross Publisher’s Note: Beginning with this issue of TelevisionWeek, a list of current prime-time broadcast network programs that provide the most hospitable advertising environments, as measured by IAG Research, will be published periodically on the Media Planner page.Solving…
Reconstituted ‘Idol’ To Hit Syndication
“American Idol” is coming to syndication in fall 2006, with Tribune Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment tweaking the first season of the Fox network reality hit as a one-hour weekly off-network series. Called “American Idol Rewind,” the syndicated…
NBC Still a Drag on NBCU’s Bottom Line
NBC’s prime-time troubles continued to weigh on NBC Universal’s overall results in the 2005 fourth quarter, as strength at the media company’s film and cable operations failed to offset ratings challenges at the network.NBCU’s segment profit fell 7 percent to…