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2016-17 TV Season

NIELSENWAR UPFRONTS: Fall CW Schedule

  CW will continue to be DC Comics (and Greg Berlanti) TV. For a network that only ordered three new shows (two of them for fall), CW has made quite a few changes in its new schedule, with DC Comics properties anchoring 4 ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2016-17 TV Season

UPDATED: NIELSENWAR UPFRONTS: Fall CBS Schedule(s)

  Conservative CBS is making lots of changes next fall. UPDATED with reactions to trailers, which are available here.     No network preaches the “Everything is just fine in broadcast TV” scripture louder...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: FOX’s “Wayward Pines”

  WAYWARD PINES:  Midseason TBD on FOX THE FACTS:  M. Night Shyamalan is the marquee producer of this neo-Twin Peaks-ian limited series.  (He also directed the pilot.)  It concerns Secret Service agent Ethan Burke, who...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: More NBC Comedies

  NBC has perfected the art of releasing bits of information each day throughout pre-Upfront week, and today’s nuggets introduced a trio of additional new sitcoms.  It appears that at least 2 of these will be given ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “Marry Me”

  MARRY ME:  Tuesday 9PM on NBC THE FACTS:  Happy Endings creator David Caspe reunites with Casey Wilson, one of that show’s stars, for a rom-com that pairs her with Ken Marino, as a longtime couple who finally get...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2018-19 TV Season

NIELSENWAR: NBC Fall Schedule & Analysis [5-Network Program Grid Added]

  Welcome to Upfronts week, when the broadcast networks (or what’s left of them) announce their Fall schedules and attempt to generate billions of dollars worth of excitement from advertisers.  It’s harder tha...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2018-19 TV Season

NIELSENWAR: ABC Fall Schedule & Analysis (Includes 5-Network Grid)

  Welcome to Upfronts week, when the broadcast networks (or what’s left of them) announce their Fall schedules and attempt to generate billions of dollars worth of excitement from advertisers.  It’s harder than ever t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: ABC’s “Cristela”

  CRISTELA:  Friday 8:30PM on ABC THE FACTS:  The Hollywood American Dream:  Cristela Alonzo is a Latina comic who wrote (with Kevin Hench) a family comedy pilot script loosely inspired by her own life, about a young wo...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Fearless Fall Ratings Predictions – Monday

  Last week, the glamorous part of the network “Upfronts” took place, largely for viewer and media purposes:  hordes of new shows were announced, stars were trotted out, executives madly spun this past season&...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: House Cleaning at NBC and ABC

  If #6seasonsandamovie is going to happen for COMMUNITY, it won’t be at NBC, which finally fired the bullet that’s been aimed at Dan Harmon’s show seemingly every season since it went on the air.  That ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15 Trailer Review: NBC’s “The Mysteries of Laura”

  THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA:  Wednesday 8PM on NBC THE FACTS:  Laura Diamond (Debra Messing) is an NYPD homicide detective who also has to juggle her responsibilities to her young twin sons and her issues with her estranged...
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Articles

NIELSENWAR: Last Stop Before Sweeps

  As we approach the start of November sweeps on Halloween night, most of the networks are locking in their back order/cancellation plans, with one conspicuous exception. First, some big-picture numbers: Network Weekly Ave...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

NIELSENWAR: The Olympics Kick In, and The Woes of FOX

  We’re 3 days into the 18 of the WINTER OLYMPICS, and the games are already paying ratings dividends for NBC.  (However, it’s critical to note that the Olympics are like the NFL, only more so:  the rights an...
by Mitch Salem
 
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Articles

NIELSENWAR: Meanwhile, on Cable…

  ABC had a very good hour on Sunday with its successful launch of Resurrection, but that still couldn’t compare to an entire night of Oscar coverage the previous week, so the network was down by more than 50% this t...
by Mitch Salem
 
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2014-15 TV Season

NIELSENWAR 2014-15: C7 Will Save the Networks! (Or Maybe Not)

  According to Advertising Age, advertisers have begun to buy time on the broadcast networks for the 2014-15 TV season, which is the whole reason the hoopla of the “Upfronts” exists in the first place.  There ...
by Mitch Salem
 
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