Breakout Boys
TV industry execs, buyers and critics agree that this year there are no obvious hits along the lines of last year’s “CSI: Miami” and “Everwood.” The closest TelevisionWeek could find to a consensus hit was CBS’s “Two and a Half…
In Depth
DirecTV Readying Interactive Services
When the NFL tosses the coin to start a new season this Sunday, DirecTV will kick off three new interactive TV applications. The new services usher in a wave of next-generation interactivity at the satellite provider as it prepares to…
Cox’s Robbins Champions Service Bundling, Tiering
Jim Robbins, Cox Communications’ mild-mannered CEO, has become an unlikely superhero.For cable system operators under siege by satellite rivals, he has come to be a champion of the tiering of bottom line-busting premium sports programming as well as the digital…
Rivals Setting Sights on NBC
NBC has had more of the prized 18 to 49 viewers than any other network for seven of the past eight seasons, but as the new fall season approaches, the network is not looking as invincible to its competitors as…
Magazine Shows Spruce Up for Fall
ABC’s “PrimeTime Monday,” which is scheduled to run only through the regular NFL season, will kick off with a previously announced TV tour of six large cities, starting with Las Vegas. November is expected to bring specials revolving around weddings…
Execs Cite Their Riskiest Moves
ABC Aggressively programming Thursday nights with “Threat Matrix” and “Extreme Makeover.”-Susan Lyne, ABC entertainment presidentCBS Moving two established hits in “The King of Queens” and “JAG” to new nights on Wednesdays and Fridays, respectively.-Kelly Kahl, executive VP of program planning…
Roving Eye
1. Kevin Reilly, president of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society, shares a magical moment with sons Emet, left, and Aidan during the HRTS Kids Day Luncheon Aug. 5, at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.2. KTLA…
Michael Wilke: Making The Ad World Safe For Gays
Michael Wilke doesn’t find a brutal prison rape funny. That is why a seemingly humorous 7UP ad that ran last year on national TV is now listed as a “Negative Example” on the Web site for Commercial Closet, the New…
Quantifying PR by Medium
When it comes to conventional media planning, TV unquestionably is the dominant medium. By just about every important marketing measure-time spent by consumers using media, total reach among consumers, total ad dollars invested to reach consumers-TV rises to the top….
what is he running for?
The venerable New York Times promises to publish all the news that’s fit to print, but that apparently doesn’t include all the caption information that fits. So as a public service, Blink is providing you with the name of that…