Upfronts, Center and Sideways, All Over the Map for TV Hopefuls
May22

Upfronts, Center and Sideways, All Over the Map for TV Hopefuls

Attending upfronts is a bit like partaking in an all-you-can-eat buffet: something you do once a year–in which some of the offerings are pretty tasty, some inedible, several of which that are incredibly delicious and leave you hungering for more, others that can best be classified as comfort food, plus some new offerings sprinkled here and there throughout the line. It all amounts to the net effect of leaving you sated, if...

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Presentations, Programming, Parties and Perks–That’s TV Upfronts
May24

Presentations, Programming, Parties and Perks–That’s TV Upfronts

It is the rare person who isn’t stricken with a hangover after attending the annual series of presentations and parties that comprise the main week of television upfronts.   If the hangover isn’t from adult beverages, then it is due to all the hype the networks dispense about their upcoming programming, around which they sell billions of dollars of upfront advertising.   We look here on the presentations and...

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