Embedded TV Ads: Here Comes the Spin
We know product placement when we see it; those branded props are a growing irritation. However, product integration is a very different story.
We know product placement when we see it; those branded props are a growing irritation. However, product integration is a very different story.
Jamie Malanowski | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment
One prominent element of every episode is the same: Boy, things sure were different back then! And that's the fun.
Vickie Karp | Posted 07.24.2008 | Entertainment
First Screen = Film Second Screen = Television Third Screen = Internet I wonder if Barbara Feldon knows that she's still adored as Agent 99 from the ...
Ed Martin | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home
Be sure to check out full coverage of the TCA at Ed Martin Live at TCAIt was a Television Critics Association tour like no other. For the first time i...
Mairi Beautyman | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green
Here's a chance to make millions: Come up with a green TV. Frankly, there just isn't one yet. Even with huge technological "advances," this standard household item isn't getting greener.
Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media
All of the professional explanations for the decline of broadcast television ratings seem to agree that the problem comes from outside forces and an unavoidable changing landscape. I disagree.
Ed Martin | Posted 07.21.2008 | Business
Critics enjoy picking on Gossip Girl because its television ratings are very small, even though its demographics are young and desirable.
Ed Martin | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment
For the first time in Emmy history scripted basic cable series broke through into the category of Outstanding Drama Series, with nominations for Mad Men and Damages.
Ed Martin | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home
I have watched a number of personal publicists express extreme displeasure with journalists during my almost 20 years of covering TCA tours, but I hav...
Ed Martin | Posted 07.17.2008 | Home
Be sure to check out full coverage of the TCA at Ed Martin Live at TCASomething major is going to happen to Katherine Heigl's character, Dr. Izzie Ste...
Ed Martin | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment
If the opening day of the broadcast portion of the 2008 Summer Television Critics Association tour is any indication, the critics and journalists in attendance don't seem to be fired up about anything.
Ed Martin | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment
I can't believe that the newspaper, magazine and Web-reading public collectively cares more for the latest unproven broadcast sitcom than it does for the myriad of marvelous offerings on cable television.
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment
Nancy Miller: "There are few shows about the friendships between women because it's mostly men who buy the shows that air. I just don't think they realize how much fun the dramatic relationships between women can be."
Ed Martin | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home
As expected, the press conference on Wednesday for AMC's scintillating period drama Mad Men proved to be the most exciting presentation so far at the ...
Jillian York | Posted 07.07.2008 | Home
When Burlington, Vermont's cable company, Burlington Telecom, decided to carry Al Jazeera, groups clamored both in protest and support, and bloggers around the world jumped on the story.
Vickie Karp | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment
Why do people talk to their television sets? Have television and real life become hopelessly intertwined? I spoke with Jonah Lehrer, author of Proust Was A Neuroscientist, about these and other questions.
Variety | Michael Schneider | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media
The broadcast networks have grown older than ever -- if they were a person, they wouldn't even be a part of TV's target demo anymore. According to a ...
Vickie Karp | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media
In the American media landscape, human viewers may be the only constant, but it remains hard to tell if media is about them and for them, or only, well, about money. Does it matter?
Tonya Plank | Posted 06.27.2008 | Entertainment
Was it just me or did Nigel seem to be much nicer this week? I think he must have got a lot of criticism. Maybe he's more sensitive than his American Idol counterpart.
Juli Weiner | Posted 06.26.2008 | Entertainment
Graphic scenes of bleeding chest cavities and open skulls and throbbing hearts aside, Hopkins 24/7's most revealing close-up is its resonant portrait of the American family.
Chris Weigant | Posted 06.23.2008 | Media
You would think, with cable television and the internet, that we've come a long way since Carlin's "Seven Word." But we really haven't.
Steve Cone | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
In memory of its creator, I think it is high time we understand that the 1964 Daisy ad was not about being negative but rather truthful.
Jack Myers | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home
On May 13, in advance of network television's fabled Upfront Week, I published my forecast for the overall economic issues that I expected would emerg...
Laura Flanders | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media
After a year of nominations, the press has wracked up millions of miles, but looking ahead, will the coverage be any more enlightening? It could be, if 'Live From Main Street' has anything to do with it.
Linda Milazzo | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media
Meet The Press provided a national platform for the Bush administration to push its war with minimal challenge from Tim Russert.
Before the largest crowd of his campaign, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
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N. E. Marsden | Posted 07.25.2008 | Entertainment