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It’s Groundhog Day at CBS, as the top-rated broadcast network has booked a return ticket for 18 of its original series—the same number it renewed a year ago. Among the programs…
That muffled turbine noise you hear coming from the vicinity of 30 Rock is the collective sigh of relief exhaled by the NBC executives who just took a gander at…
NBCUniversal last month broke with the Digital Content NewFront posse of upfront presenters (taking its place: CBS Interactive). Now the company is planning a stand-alone, non-NewFront event it has dubbed “Digital.Amplified.” The…
Although clients’ budgets won’t be registered for another two months or so, analysts and media buyers are already saying that the 2013-14 upfront marketplace won’t be particularly memorable. In a note…
It’s about 9 p.m. New York time, and Jon Mandel is in Seattle, on the phone, telling a story about the story the Nielsen ratings weren’t telling. “It was Danny Abraham,”…
CBS Corp. is on the verge of acquiring an asset that will round out its television portfolio—the hitherto elusive fully distributed ad-supported cable network. According to multiple sources, CBS is close…
Unless you’re a starry-eyed Valpo alum with more school spirit than common sense, there’s a good chance your March Madness brackets remain relatively unscathed at this early juncture. And while…
Specs Who Jake Johnson Age 34 Accomplishments Stars as Nick Miller on Fox’s New Girl (Tuesdays at 9 p.m.); appears in the upcoming film Drinking Buddies with Olivia Wilde; UFC aficionado Base Los Angeles What’s…
National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell this week acknowledged that the NFL would not implement an expanded playoff scheme in time for the 2013-14 campaign. Speaking at the annual NFL owners…
From big newspapers to local TV broadcasts, the news media continue to face severe challenges even though digital consumption is rapidly growing, according to the Pew Research Center’s 2013 State…
