Seasonal Stumbles for Monday Night’s Hottest Series
Monday night’s biggest broadcast shows are starting to settle into their seasonal troughs … a pattern that unfortunately coincides with the first full week of November sweeps.
NBC Shines in First Day of Fall TV Season
The echo of the starter’s gun is still reverberating in the runners’ eardrums, and already the 2013-14 network ratings race promises to be a stunner.
Snobs Vs. Slobs: Fox’s Dads Connects With the Upper Crust
When not getting under the skin of television critics, Fox’s new comedy Dads is carving out a niche with the swells at the country club.
The Straight Talk Menstruation Ad That’s Causing Quite a Stir
Brand Marketing
Prime-time TV shows like 2 Broke Girls have become far more comfortable using anatomically correct terms for female body parts. But if you think such straight talk is loosening the [...]
No Post-Super Bowl Lift for CBS
CBS failed to capitalize on the promotional muscle of the Super Bowl, as Monday night’s prime-time lineup showed very little growth versus the most recent Monday roster of first-run episodes.
CBS Breaks Up With Partners
The third new series of the 2012-13 broadcast TV season has been given a pink slip, as CBS today canceled its freshman comedy Partners.