Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Fox upfronts

  • (Reuters) - Broadcast television networks are going for laughs to attract viewers, pitching new comedies at next weeks annual upfront presentations to advertising buyers. The big four U.S.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • With the broadcast networks' upfront presentations less than a week away, Jace Lacob and Maria Elena Fernandez take a look at what's coming up and what's coming back on TV this fall.
  • (Daily Beast)
  • Instead, as the broadcast networks enter the annual upfront dog-and-pony show May 14 to 17, executives will be touting such successful 2011 launches as Foxs New Girl and CBS 2 Broke Girls.
  • (Hollywood Reporter)
  • The Fox upfronts will be buzzing with excitement next Monday as inside sources close to production have confirmed that Britney Spears has signed on to be an X Factor judge for its new season.
  • (The Inquisitr)
  • Abbe Raven, president and CEO of A+E Television Networks, lobbed multiple pointed jabs at the ad-supported cable competition in her remarks at the company's upfront presentation $500,000 an episode for reruns of Fox's Glee.
  • (Hollywood Reporter)
  • Barclays media analyst Anthony DiClemente sees upfront revenue for ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC rising 4.3% to nearly $9.5 billion powered by the auto sector, which reps about 20% of all network and cable TV advertising.
  • (Variety)
  • In the end, CBS, Fox, CW and ABC were able to notch double-digit price increases Meanwhile, automotive ad spending, which helped drive prices in the last few upfronts, could be tamped down, according to a recent report from Interpublics Magna Global.
  • (Advertising Age)
  • It is a storied upfront tradition like the Fox and CBS parties and Jimmy Kimmel's ABC roast — the fake NBC schedules. With NBC first to present its lineup on Monday morning of upfront week — a vestige from old times when the peacock was the No.1 U.
  • (Deadline.com)
  • Next week, the major TV networks will announce their 2012-2013 schedules to a crowd of advertising executives in hopes that those executives will throw down a ton of money to run ads during the networks programs.
  • (TV.com)
  • The project is said to be loosely based on Dana Foxs life. Fox will formally confirm its 2012-13 season lineup in its annual upfronts presentation, which is due to take place next week.
  • (Digital Spy)

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