In Depth

Zenith Reaffirms Optimistic View of U.S. Ad Spending in ’07

Rate of Growth Is Slower Than in Past

ABC, CW Look Good for Fall ’07

Critics Have High Expectations for ‘Pushing Daisies,’ CW’s First Full Lineup of Originals

Critics Poll Summer 2007: Series

Votes were tabulated using a weighted scale. Critics submitted 10 shows in the best series category, with the top choice receiving 10 points, the second choice 9 points and so on down to the 10th choice, which received 1 point….

Digital Dealmakers: Ben Weinberger

The player: Ben Weinberger, CEO of Digitalsmiths in Durham, N.C. The play: Digitalsmiths wants to be Google AdSense, but for video. It’s even got a similar-sounding name for its software, VideoSense, which launched in the second quarter and matches online…

Critics Poll Summer 2007: Movie, Miniseries or Special

Best Movie, Miniseries or Special Rank Show Network Studio 1. Planet Earth Discovery BBC Channel 2. Longford HBO Channel 4, Granada Television, HBO 3. The State Within BBC BBC Films America (t) American Masters PBS American Masters, various others 5. Jesse Stone:…

Rod Allen Reflects on Broadcasters He Has Worked With

On Thom Brennaman, FSN Sports and Cincinnati Reds announcer: “He’s an unbelievable human being. He taught me about professionalism and really reinforced in me how to treat people on a day-to-day basis.” On Ernie Harwell, longtime voice of the Detroit…

‘Temptation’ Clears 96% of U.S.

Stations continue to be enticed by Twentieth Television and FremantleMedia North America’s upcoming game show “Temptation.” The upcoming fall syndicated strip has cleared 199 markets, representing 96 percent of the country. “The ‘temptation’ to pick up the program is simply…