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Tough Sledding for Broadcast TV

Convergent TV

In what’s shaping up to be an annus horribilis for the broadcast networks, ratings for returning series are plummeting and only a few newcomers are finding an audience.


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Moneyball: Game 4 of World Series Tops ‘Sunday Night Football’

Convergent TV

For the first time in memory, the World Series has outdelivered the NFL in head-to-head competition.

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NBC Kills Off ‘The Playboy Club’

Convergent TV

The ears weren’t the only things that flopped at The Playboy Club, as three weeks of poor deliveries have doomed NBC’s much-ballyhooed fall drama. The first new series of the [...]

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Crash and Burn: ABC’s ‘Pan Am’ Is Another Downer

Convergent TV

Heading into the third week of the 2011-12 TV season, the new crop of broadcast dramas appears to be dying on the vine.