During last year's CBS upfront presentation, Stephen Colbert was little more than a footnote. The network instead gave the 2016 spotlight to his late-night companion, James Corden, who received not one but two extravagant opening production numbers. Meanwhile, Colbert was shoehorned in partway through, delivering a tepid routine that fell flat with the Carnegie Hall...
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News From The Upfront
May 18, 2017
A daily recap of TV's biggest event
Network unveils the first look at CBS All Access’ new Star Trek series
By Jason Lynch
During last year's CBS upfront presentation, Stephen Colbert was little more than a footnote. The network instead gave the 2016 spotlight to his late-night companion, James Corden, who received not one but two extravagant opening production numbers. Meanwhile, Colbert was shoehorned in partway through, delivering a tepid routine that fell flat with the Carnegie Hall...
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Highlighted newly revived Roseanne and American Idol, soon-to-depart Scandal
By Jason Lynch
Networks are hoping to attract more binge-watchers
By Chris Ariens
Things are getting heated between ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox
By Jason Lynch
And celebrates the return of Must-See TV
By Jason Lynch
While networks will frequently take swipes at their broadcast competitors during upfronts week, NBCUniversal had bigger fish to fry as it held its second annual combined upfront on Monday morning at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Instead of taking aim at CBS or Fox, ad sales chief Linda Yaccarino directed most of her ammunition...
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The network will shake up 5 nights of programming this fall
By Jason Lynch
Fox climbed to second place in the 18-49 demo this season, largely on the backs of the Super Bowl and an epic seven-game World Series. And it hopes a shot of new supernatural-themed programming next season will help keep it there. The network's new schedule, which it revealed ahead of Fox's upfront presentation for buyers...
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Announces a new approach to prime time at upfront event
By Chris Ariens
Univision opened its 2017 upfront event Tuesday with a get-out-of-your-seat number by singer Becky G. It ended with Colombian superstar Shakira singing her hit "Hips Don't Lie." In between, the network did its best to assure ad buyers and media planners that it remains the best place for their Spanish-language ad dollars. "We've heard a...
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ESPN presented the 'upfront truth'
By Sami Main
Between an onstage jazz band, intimate stage sets built to look like living rooms and bars, and the Angel of Advertising, ESPN went into today's upfront presentation wanting to show ad partners its sense of collaboration and honesty. ESPN recently had a round of layoffs, with about 100 staffers getting cut. John Skipper, president of...
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Adweek’s TV Executive of the Year rebuilt his lineup piece by piece
By Jason Lynch
When he arrived at NBC in early 2011, Robert Greenblatt knew he was inheriting a fourth-place network in dire straits. But the former Showtime president wasn't fully prepared for what awaited him. "It was worse than I thought it was going to be--and I expected it to be bad," recalls Greenblatt, noting that "all the...
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Here's which shows will—and won't—make it to next season
By Jason Lynch
The broadcast upfronts are now less than a week away, which means that those networks are approaching the finish line when it comes to setting next season's lineups, and are making final decisions about which of their current series will live to see another year, and which have reached the end of the line. While...
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