Posts by fredfa

Obituary Cliff Robertson, 88 Oscar and Emmy-winning actor By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2011 Cliff Robertson, who starred as John F. Kennedy in a 1963 World War II drama and later won an...

TV Notes 'Love affair' with 3D-TVs ends By Sean Daly, NYPost, September 6, 2011 The next big thing in TV -- 3-D -- is proving such a bomb with consumers, the first victim may be ESPN's sports-in-3-D channel. "At one...

TV Notes Regis Philbin announces date for his last 'Live' episode by Aly Semigran, ew.com, Sept. 6, 2011 So long, Reege. At least, that's what fans of Live! With Regis and Kelly will be saying when the...

Nielsen Notes For cable, a stronger summer in the ratings Up 3 percent in adults 18-49, after dipping last summer By Toni Fitzgerald, MediaLifeMagazine.com staff writer, Aug 31, 2011 Last year marked a rare summer...

TV Sports NFL shops new 8-game package By John Ourand & Daniel Kaplan, Sports Business Journal Staff Writers, June 27, 2011 The NFL is negotiating with TV networks about a new early-season eight-game package that would...

Latest, per Mortensen on ESPN, is the new Thursday package won't start until 2014. Quote: Originally Posted by dcowboy7 Rumor is part of the new NFL CBA being worked on is there will be a 16 game thursday night TV package beginning in...

Wednesday’s fast affiliate overnight prime-time ratings – along with AdWeek Analyst Marc Berman’s view of what they mean -- have been posted in Marc’s Programming Insider blog: ...

TV Notes Greenblatt shares plan to rebuild NBC By Kim Masters and Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter When Robert Greenblatt took over as NBC's chairman of entertainment in late January, many in Hollywood had high hopes...

TV Notes Cable operators to Netflix: Bring it on By Marguerite Reardon, CNET.com CHICAGO--Cable operators say they are happy to compete with Netflix. But they think the high cost of sports and live programming will...

Tuesday’s fast affiliate overnight prime-time ratings – along with AdWeek Analyst Marc Berman’s view of what they mean -- have been posted in Marc’s Programming Insider blog: ...