Posts Tagged ‘promo watch’
 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Update through February 19

>Over halfway through the February ratings sweep, the broadcast networks continue to exhibit very different strategies in allocating their precious on-air promotion time to market and launch new programs as well as supporting t...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Of Valentine’s Day and The Voice

>With four days of mid-season promo monitoring under our belts (Monday-Thursday), the top five (or so) priorities for each broadcast network are listed in the table below.  ABC spent the bulk of its promotional time suppor...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Update through Monday October 10

>ShowBuzzDaily’s PROMO WATCH shows that ABC’s Last Man Standing is the top priority over this new sample period, not surprising given that it premieres tonight.  Once Upon a Time is also getting its due as we h...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Starting to Prepare for the Summer

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between April 10 and April 16, with about 8 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period.  (Click “read mor...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED MOVIE PROMO WATCH: OSCAR NIGHT EDITION

> The Academy limits the number of movie ads that can be aired on the Oscar telecast (until recent years, they didn’t allow any), so as not to make the night look like the awards are shilling for the studios.  (God f...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH NBC’s Super Bowl Sunday

>Before we take a look at NBC’s promo activity in the extravaganza that is the Super Bowl, let’s review our forecast of the game itself.  We aim for precision in our predictions at ShowBuzzDaily, and while both...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Update through Sunday October 16

>CBS promoted an incredible 18 different programs inside 60 Minutes Sunday night, with an average 15 seconds per promo.  With Andy Rooney out of the program, the network has more promo time in the hour until they reformat ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Is Back!

> Back by popular demand, ShowBuzzDaily’s PROMO WATCH will track broadcast network on-air priorities (as we did this summer with the new fall show series promotion).  We kick off with promo activity in a sampling of ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH through March 8

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between March 4 and March 8, with about 10 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period.  (Click “read more...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Update through Thursday October 13

>ABC’s Sunday dramas were the priority in last night’s Private Practice, although Pan Am remains in the middle of the pack of the ranking, looking at the entire week.  This would have to be considered a “...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH

>NBC used its 9:30 half hour to keep hammering away at the debut of Smash, coming up at long last in mere minutes.  The network devoted 90 seconds — one 30-second spot and one 60-second spot — in a half hour wh...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH through Monday October 24

>Grimm is now up to 220 promo seconds over the last week.  The good news is that the network is standing behind the show and giving it all it has to give.  The bad news is that all that time is in little-watched progr...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH Changing Time Periods

>ShowBuzzDaily’s PROMO WATCH, our weekly look at how the networks spend their precious resource of on-air promotion time, will move to Wednesdays starting next week.  This will give us a better chance to see how each...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

The Sked: PROMO WATCH

>The most recent Promo Watch numbers are based on prime time broadcast network programming between April 18 and April 24, with about 8 hours of programming sampled for each network over that period.  (Click “read mor...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

Promo Watch NEW FALL SHOW PROMOTION 666 Park Avenue and Nashville Jump to an Early Lead

Promo Watch begins and so far ABC’s 666 Park Avenue and Nashville stand out so far (thanks to a solid assist from the NBA). With the arrival of summer, it is time for the broadcast networks to get busy rolling out their m...
by Mitch Metcalf