Alt Image Text

The Quick and the Dead: A Guide to TV’s Renewals and Cancellations

Convergent TV

On the eve of Upfront Week, when the five English-language broadcast networks will present their respective 2014-15 prime-time schedules to media buyers, advertisers and the working press, news of various renewals [...]


Alt Image Text

C7 Ratings to Free Up Hundreds of Millions in Hidden Revenue

Convergent TV

While the broadcast networks are pressuring agencies and clients to start writing more deals against a C7 ratings currency, at first blush, it would appear that there’s little cause to [...]

Alt Image Text

Fizzy, Busy Finale for ABC’s Scandal

Convergent TV

With no fewer than four broadcast series calling it a day, Thursday night was a time for cliff-hangers and farewells. But as has been the case throughout the season, only [...]

Alt Image Text

‘Game-Changer’ Episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Fizzles

Convergent TV

Although Tuesday night’s installment of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was heavily promoted as a tie-in to the newly released theatrical hit Captain America: The Winter Soldier, relatively few viewers were on [...]

Alt Image Text

Death by Hiatus: Extended Downtime Is Killing Your Favorite TV Shows

Convergent TV

While extended hiatuses may work for the likes of The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad, broadcast TV series that take lengthy breaks or are erratically scheduled increasingly run the risk [...]

Alt Image Text

How I Met Your Mother Finale Soars

Convergent TV

Pop quiz: In the series finale of CBS’ How I Met Your Mother, the titular mom is revealed to be: a) a MacGuffin b) a red herring c) the Yellow [...]