Broadcast networks are offering shorter seasons and agreeing to air serialized shows uninterrupted by reruns to fight “cable envy” among series creators. full story ![]()

We're less than 100 hours away from the start of upfronts, the weeklong TV industry tradition in which broadcasters (and, recently, a few cable networks) try to convince advertisers they've had the Best Development Season Ever and sponsors best buy lots of commercial time in the new shows because everybody in ... More »
vulture.com (11 days ago)

A list of the festivities for networks and talent agencies at the annual event for ad buyers in New York.
hollywoodreporter.com (21 days ago)

Broadcast networks aren't the only ones that get upfronts. Bravo, home of the Real Housewives franchises, cooking competitions, and more shows about Persian-Americans and well-coiffed real-estate agents than all three major networks put together, held its upfronts last week. Before the glamorous party — featuring Andy Cohen on bartender duty, ... More »
vulture.com (1 month and 9 days ago)
(Reuters) - U.S. broadcast networks head into their biggest ad-selling season this week, competing with streaming services like Netflix, battling online players for ad dollars, and fending off hits starring zombies and duck hunters on cable.
reuters.com (7 days ago)
(Reuters) - U.S. broadcast networks head into their biggest ad-selling season this week, competing with streaming services like Netflix, battling online players for ad dollars, and fending off hits starring zombies and duck hunters on cable.
reuters.com (8 days ago)

Last week was a big week for news from the world of television as the 2013 Upfronts unfolded It's the head-spinning time of year when all the major networks (and some of the little guys) give the final word on what's been canceled what's getting renewed which pilots are being...
rollingstone.com (1 hour ago)

Aereo denies stations the fees cable operators pay to retransmit their signals, so networks are determined to shut it down — even, they say, if they have to go cable-only.
nytimes.com (1 month and 9 days ago)

Here we go: The perennial May TV ritual known as the upfronts returns Monday, when the broadcast networks will once again trot out a slew of new shows and reveal their freshly remodeled fall prime-time schedules. This year's ritual comes at the end of a disastrous, possibly tipping-point season for ... More »
vulture.com (13 days ago)
Hey, TV viewers, be careful what you wish for. News that cable TV providers Cablevision and Verizon are fighting back against the media companies that they claim force them to bundle cable TV networks for customers has been largely cheered as the much-anticipated arrival of a la carte pricing for cable TV programming. Instead of being forced to pay for channels they never...
washingtonpost.com (2 months and 1 day ago)

Total scripted series orders jump as the freshman class of 2012-13 returns only 10 series and more trends from upfronts.
hollywoodreporter.com (3 days ago)
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