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UPFRONT SALES UPDATE

> Broadcasting & Cable says that Fox has completed selling its prime time inventory for next season. Reportedly, Fox has sold 80% of its spots, leaving the rest for “scatter market” sales during the season...

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THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: FOX Needs & Possibilities

> Welcome to April: pilots are being produced and prepared for executive screenings, all but a very few of the 2011/12 series have aired, and we’re only 6 weeks away from the hoopla of the network Upfronts and their...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: ABC Needs & Possibilities

> With the television season at Upfronts minus about 6 weeks, Mitch Metcalf, veteran programming executive Ted Frank and I are continuing our survey of the issues each network may and should be thinking about while strategizing...

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THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: NBC Needs & Possibilities

> Today Mitch Metcalf, veteran programming executive Ted Frank and I continue our week-long pre-Upfronts look at the challenges facing each of the broadcast networks and their potential strategies for next season. We̵...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: CBS Needs & Possibilities

> This marks the conclusion of SHOWBUZZDAILY‘s pre-Upfronts survey of the broadcast networks, as they reach the conclusion of the current season and decision-making time for the next. Previously this week, Mitch Met...

by Mitch Salem

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The Sked: Why Are the Networks Upbeat about the Upfront with Such Declining Ratings?

> We may all be looking at the wrong ratings. Each day, attention is paid to the previous night’s television ratings, generally the “Live+Same Day” ratings measuring any viewing of a program live or via DVR pl...

by Mitch Metcalf

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THE SKED: More NBC Pick-Ups

The Peacock is clearly trying to get the jump on next week’s Upfronts with some early series orders. The advantage of early announcements, even apart from the possibility that NBC will launch some of its n...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED: NBC Is Still Picking Up

NBC’s early pick-up spree continued late today with orders for 2 more sitcoms in addition to the previously ordered Go On, Save Me and The New Normal. The more high-concept entry is 1600 PENN, a singl...

by Mitch Salem

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THE SKED: NBC Cries Wolf

Network regimes come and go, ratings rise and (recently) fall, but one thing has been consistent at NBC for almost a quarter-century: the presence of producer Dick Wolf and his LAW & ORDER franchise. Hard times h...

by Mitch Salem

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UPFRONT SALES UPDATE

THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: FOX Needs & Possibilities

THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: ABC Needs & Possibilities

THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: NBC Needs & Possibilities

THE SKED’S 2012/13 FIRST CUT: CBS Needs & Possibilities

The Sked: Why Are the Networks Upbeat about the Upfront with Such Declining Ratings?

THE SKED: More NBC Pick-Ups

THE SKED: NBC Is Still Picking Up

THE SKED: NBC Cries Wolf

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