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Golden Globe and SAG Nominations: Is the Difference Between Comedy and Drama the Difference Between Network and Cable TV?

Lelia Nebeker | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Emmys 2011, 2011 Emmys, Cable Tv, Tv Sag Awards, Network TV, Emmy Awards, Reality-Tv-Emmys, TV News

After perusing the SAG and Golden Globe nominations for this year, I was struck once again by how the categories of drama and comedy seem to divide themselves into "cable" and "network" TV series.

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Disney Profits Up On Advertising

Posted 01.11.2012

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Walt Disney Co unveiled strong results that trumped Wall Street's expectations as advertisers spent more at cable networks like ESPN and consumers...

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WATCH: In New Fall Comedies, A Pattern Emerges

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 07.18.2011

Judging from the fall schedules released thus far by NBC, ABC, and Fox, a decent number of the networks' comedy offerings will aim to encroach on the ...

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Trump's 'Celebrity Apprentice' Renewed: End Of Presidential Run?

Posted 07.15.2011

Read More: Reality TV, 2012 Presidential Election, 2012 Gop Candidates, Donald Trump, Elections 2012, Celebrity Apprentice, Robert Greenblatt, Televison, Media, Entertainment News, Network TV, 2012 Gop Primary, Nbc, GOP Candidates, Media News

NBC released its 2011-2012 primetime schedule on Sunday, featuring six new dramas and six new comedies. Among the shows set to air in the Fall is Dona...

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How Sunday's Celebrity Apprentice Revealed Donald Trump's Problems With Race and Women

Eric Deggans | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Reality TV, NeNe Leakes, Donald Trump, Celebrity Apprentice, Star Jones, Nbc, Televison, Meat Loaf, Media, Race, Network TV, Entertainment News

The Apprentice franchise has always been criticized for its willingness to portray black women as crazy/angry/violent villains, beginning with Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, and stretching up to current contestants NeNe Leakes and Star Jones.

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Prediction: Netflix Will Soon Produce Original Content

Jeff Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Viewers, Cable Tv, Independent Film, Video Distribution, Original Content, Internet, Prime Time TV, Ratings, Network TV, Technology, Producers, Streaming Video, Netflix, Film Finance, Subscriptions, Media News

In the world of streaming, Netflix is the undisputed king of prime time. According to the Fall 2010 Global Internet Phenomena report, "In the United ...

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DVR Ratings Bringing TV Networks Money

New York Times | BILL CARTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ads, Dvr Ownership, Abc, DVR Ratings, Dvr Use, Network TV, Nbc, Tivo, Networks, Fox, Ad Revenue, TV Shows, Cbs, Dvr, Commercials, Cable Tv, DVR Revenue Model, Media Buyers, Revenue Model, Advertising, Revenue, Tv, How Many People Own DVRs, Ratings, Neilsen, Ad Sales, Media News

Against almost every expectation, nearly half of all people watching delayed shows are still slouching on their couches watching messages about movies...

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GE, Comcast Deal For NBC Universal Is Complete, Reports CNBC

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Television, Sale, General Electric, Comcast Cable, Network TV, Walt Disney, Vivendi, Majority Stake, Nbc, NBC Universal, Comcast, Business News

The deal between General Electric and Comcast over a majority stake in NBC Universal is complete, and there is nothing left to do but process paper, a...

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Olbermann Versus O'Reilly: It's a Shoot

Lionel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fox News, Television, Keith Olbermann Bill O'Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Bill O'Reilly, Network TV, Media News

There's something so exciting about watching something that is normally choreographed and predictable disintegrate.

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Network Upfront Results Will Impact the TV Content Landscape for Decades

Jack Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cable Tv, Upfront, Broadcast TV, TV Ratings, Network TV, Media News

This year's Upfront results will have significant impact on the future of the network television business.

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CBS Threatens To Unseat Fox As Top Rated TV Network -- Despite "Idol"

Los Angeles Times | Scott Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Television, TV Ratings, Network TV, Television Ratings, Tv, CBS Ratings, American Idol Ratings, Fox, Cbs, American Idol, Media News

Thanks to "American Idol," Fox is still beating up on rivals, at least among the young viewers that advertisers crave. But the punch isn't what it onc...

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Network TV Upfront Forecast: Bad News/Good News Scenarios

Jack Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tv, Ad Spending, Economy, Online, Network Upfronts, Network TV, Advertising, Cable Tv, TV Advertising, Business News

The day-to-day realities facing television networks, which are certainly feeling the pain of both economic and systemic challenges, are still not that troubling.

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Network TV Diversity Lacking In "Virtual Whiteout" Of Television

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Nearly a decade after the NAACP condemned a "virtual whiteout" in broadcast TV, the civil rights group said major networks have st...

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Network TV Profits Would Probably Increase With Nudity And Swear Words

AP, Epicenter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Network Television Profits, Newscorp, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News, Cable Tv, Fox, Network Television, Network TV, Business News

This week has been a week of confirming what analysts had expected about Rupert Murdoch: he's making money -- but not really on TV. Chairman and Chie...

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Corrupting Habit

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Meet the Press, Cnn, The Sellin of the President, Hardball, James Carville, Cable News, Paul Begala, Brack Obama, Network TV, The Candidate, Media News

Since the fall of 1969, media discourse has been dominated by debates about the news as a spin zone. But we think this argument over bias has obscured a far more fundamental reality.

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