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Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, today announced that all four television networks enjoyed month-over-month growth in online video viewers in September, coinciding with the season premieres of many popular and new television shows (see Table 1). NBC.com had the largest increase in video viewers, growing 312 percent month-over-month, followed by FOX Broadcasting and ABC.com, with 165 percent and 105 percent growth, respectively. "A combination of series and season premiers,...
By Gary Levin Voters cast their presidential ballots Tuesday, but TV viewers have already weighed in on the fall TV season: The big networks continue to lose viewers, only two new shows are successes, and there's not much excitement among fans. It's all a continuation of a steady trend. Prime-time viewership is up 2% this fall, but fans are going elsewhere for their TV fix. In short, the networks are buffeted by a perfect storm of obstacles. *Last winter's writers' strikeseverely crimped...
By Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON -- When Cher invoked a four-letter expletive during her acceptance speech at a televised awards show, federal regulators deemed it indecent. So, too, when NYPD Blue detective Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) used dirty words. Yet in the TV broadcast of the movie Saving Private Ryan, expletives were allowed because, regulators said, they contributed to the work's power and realism. A U.S. appeals court took issue with such distinctions. It sided last year with...
LONDON, October 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - With Photo In the lead up to the 2008 US presidential elections, FX will air back-to-back episodes of Family Guy and American Dad to commemorate the occasion, kick-starting this week, every night at 9pm. The event will close with a special edition of the Colbert Report, Wednesday, November 5th at 10pm, bringing you all the highlights surrounding the Presidential Election. As part of the comedy block, Thursday nights from 9pm, FX presents a double of...
Fox isn't renewing its U.S. animated series "King of the Hill" past its current 13th season, The Hollywood Reporter said. Created by Greg Daniels and Mike Judge, the Texas-set cartoon sit-com features the voice talents of Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Tom Petty, Johnny Hardwick and Stephen Root. Daniels is now the showrunner of the U.S. version of "The Office" and Judge is working on a new animated series called "The Goode Family." Fox picked up an additional 13 episodes of...
Twentieth Century Fox's upcoming romantic adventure AUSTRALIA and Metacafe are joining forces to launch "The Thirty-Second Film Contest" on October 24. The contest challenges aspiring film editors to use materials from the film as well as their own creative "spin" - including visual effects, music, and voice-over - to put together a thirty-second spot for the film. (www.metacafe.com/australiacontest) The launch of "The Thirty-Second Film Contest" coincides with the release of a production...
By Gary Levin The early scorecard is in. Four weeks into the TV season, just two new shows on the major networks can be considered hits: CBS' The Mentalist, averaging 16.2 million viewers, and Fox's Fringe, which ranks first among young-adult viewers with 10.8 million. 90210 is working among CW's new narrow-target audience of young women. But the list pretty much ends there. ABC game show Opportunity Knocks and Fox sitcom Do Not Disturb already are canceled, and CW's entire outsourced Sunday...
Fox Reality Channel, the only all-reality, all-the-time cable and satellite network, heats up this fall with the debut of the first Apple(R) iPhone(TM) mobile video service to feature reality-only content. The mobile service is aimed at keeping the legions of reality fans engaged and passionate, by enabling them to access unscripted programming anytime and anywhere. It is the first and only service to deliver mobile video for Fox Reality Channel, and includes opportunities for targeted,...
Who Knew Comedy Could Be So Dangerous? Fox Reality Channel Brian Peterson, Director, Corp. Communications 310-369-0009 Fox Reality Channel, the only all-reality, all-the-time cable and satellite network has greenlit production on its latest original series "Smile...You're Under Arrest!," an inventive and unique show that constructs elaborate stings to bring real fugitives to justice. Armed with a troupe of improvisational actors and police officers, "Smile...You're Under Arrest!"...
By Sophie Morris Fox has found a formula for high-octane TV with an intelligent edge... and no need for a massive marketing campaign, says Sophie Morris If you haven't heard of The Wire by now, boy have you got a lot of catching up to do. Still, given the trend for cosying up with DVD boxed sets of hit American dramas such as The Sopranos or 24 over a wet weekend, it remains just about possible that you are a Wire fan but haven't yet heard of the FX Channel, the programme's home in the UK....
