Score! NBC has Three of the Top 10 Fall Shows with the Best Chance for Success
It won’t be long before fall TV shows hit the airwaves, and perhaps not much longer before some of them don’t make the cut. But there are strong indications from a new study about what shows are likely to hit it out of the park. Three of the top ten are on NBC, according to a study by NewMediaMetrics, which measures consumers’ emotional attachment to show concepts. For the past seven years, the study has logged an 80% accuracy rate....
Summer TV Press Tour Broadcast Highlights, From Gothic Queens to Goofy Dads and Secret Agents
For fourteen straight days – 15 if you include the opening night party thrown by Nat Geo, the Television Critics Association summer press tour took over the Beverly Hilton for its semi-annual look at participating networks’ programming. The nearly nonstop series of panels and parties give those who cover television multiple opportunities to have access to executives and talent, who field a wide array of questions from media members....
A Sneak Peek Inside the Season 4 Doors of Downton Abbey: Mary Has Multiple Love Interests
Don’t read any further if you want to avoid any spoilers for the upcoming Season 4 of “Downton Abbey.” In addition, you’ll have to wall yourself off for the next five months until the hit British drama runs in the U.S. on PBS, where it has become the network’s most watched drama ever, with an average of 11.5 million total viewers. Meanwhile, its legions of fans in the U.K. will have already seen the entire new...
It’s Bad. It’s All in the Family. It’s Louie. TCA Awards Call Out Television’s Best
Even as the best in current television programming was honored in a dozen categories, it was the recognition for a show of yore that brought down the house at the 29th Annual Television Critics Association Awards at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom Saturday night. Norman Lear, the creator of “All in the Family” and Rob Reiner, its beloved meathead, got a sustained standing ovation as they accepted...
Christina, Cee Lo Take Back Their Chairs on The Voice. Shakira and Usher Who?
They’re baaaaaaaaaack! Christina in an ultra-short coral dress with sky-high Louboutins. Adam with a full beard and newly engaged. CeeLo sporting an intricate head tattoo, at least in the sizzle reel. And so it was that three-fourths of “The Voice” coaching crew, along with host Carson Daly, appeared before a packed session at summer TCA (Television Critics Assn.) press tour, capping off NBC’s day of programming panels. For the...
Follow The Atkin Report
