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Anthony Crupi
Ghost Town: The Vanishing 10 p.m. Broadcast Drama 2011-12 season ends with grim tidings for time slot

The 10 o’clock broadcast drama tottered further down the road to oblivion this season, as not a single series in the time slot finished among Nielsen’s highest-rated programs. Per 33 weeks…

May 25 2012

Analyst: Auto Hop Flap Much Ado About Nothing Dish Net’s ad-zapping service likely to have little impact

A week after the broadcast networks warned that they would not tolerate Dish Network’s commercial-blasting technology, Fox, NBC and CBS today separately filed suit to block the service. And while…

May 24 2012

Hang 10: The Year's Most Promising Failed Pilots Roseanne, Sarah Silverman, Will Forte projects falter

Perhaps no exchange more efficiently lays bare the unsentimental heart of the TV business quite like the back-and-forth between Jules and Vincent at the beginning of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.…

May 23 2012

GM Punts on Super Bowl Buy Automaker says it cannot justify $4 million unit cost

General Motors has decided to punt on its annual Super Bowl investment, saying the price of admission to this year’s broadcast is simply too high. “We understand the reach the Super…

May 21 2012

Nets Prime the Pump Broadcast networks unveil ambitious slates

Trying to gauge the quality of a 22-episode television series by watching three minutes of foot-age culled from the pilot is akin to declaring your major when you’re in kindergarten.…

May 21 2012

Prime-Time Matchup A breakdown of shows going head-to-head

MONDAY 9-10 ABC Dancing With the Stars vs. CBS 2 Broke Girls/ Mike & Molly vs. FOX The Mob Doctor vs. NBC The Voice As much as you never want to drag…

May 21 2012

OMFG: The CW Shakes Up Prime-Time Roster With resolution in sight for ‘Gossip Girl,’ net preps five new series

Like someone joggling a Magic 8-Ball in order to elicit a more positive result, The CW has shaken up its prime-time schedule, sending four of its signature programs to new…

May 17 2012

CBS Upfront: Sales Pitch or Victory Lap? Les is more as Moonves screens new drama series

CBS on Wednesday kicked off its 2012-13 upfront presentation with what amounted to a victory lap, as executives went to novel (and sometimes gonzo) efforts to celebrate the network’s ratings…

May 16 2012

No Major Surprises as CBS Unveils Fall Lineup Network plots four new series, shifts ‘Two and a Half Men’ to Thursdays

As befits its status as the most-watched television network on the dial, CBS is also the most stable. While its rivals scramble to fill holes and put out fires, CBS…

May 16 2012

Kimmel Skewers ABC Rivals in Traditional Upfront Bit Chat show host cracks that annual sales pitch is 'bullshit'

In what has become a snarky rite of spring, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday afternoon affectionately skewered his network, before turning his sights on the competition. Speaking at the…

May 15 2012

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