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Upfronts Wrap Up
Day Two 05.15.18

Jimmy Kimmel's Best Jokes From ABC's Upfront: Shonda Rhimes to 'Inhumans'

By Joe Otterson

Jimmy Kimmel returned to the ABC upfront stage in New York on Tuesday to take plenty of pointed shots at ABC and the other broadcast networks. The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host went all in on ripping his home network a new one. He reminded


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5 Takeaways From ABC's Upfront

By Daniel Holloway

Here are the five biggest takeaways from ABC's upfront presentation on Tuesday.  Roseanne Barr is the face of ABC.


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ABC Fall 2018-2019 Trailers: 'The Rookie,' 'A Million Little Things,' 'Kids Are Alright' (Watch)

By Joe Otterson

ABC has released the first trailers for their upcoming fall shows following the release of their 2018-2019 fall schedule on Tuesday. Of the trailers released today, comedy "The Kids Are Alright" and dramas "The Rookie" and "A


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'Black-ish': ABC Boss Claims Football Protest Story Wasn't Reason Episode Was Shelved

By Daniel Holloway

ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said on Tuesday that a story point about football players kneeling during the national anthem was not the reason that an episode of executive producer Kenya Barris' comedy series "Black-ish"


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'Roseanne' May Move 'Away From Politics' in Season 2, ABC President Says

By Joe Otterson

"Roseanne" may not focus on politics going into the second season of the revival, ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said. "I think that they're going to stay on the path that they were on toward the end of last season, which


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ABC 2018 Fall Schedule: 'Roseanne' Leads Tuesdays; 'Alec Baldwin Show,' 'DWTS' Spinoff Land Sunday Slots

By Daniel Holloway

ABC's new fall schedule features two unlikely network colleagues — Roseanne Barr and Alec Baldwin. The Alphabet's "Roseanne" revival will bat lead-off on Tuesday nights this fall as part of the 2018-19 schedule released Tuesday b


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Unwieldy Upfront: TV Market Gets More Complex Thanks to Demands for Data

By Brian Steinberg

Any veteran of tv ad sales can regale you with a story of how he or she took a client over to a table at a party, called for a few glasses of wine and drew up an entire upfront plan on a napkin. These days, the two would need at least


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ESPN Chief Wants to Cultivate Younger Sports Viewers

By Brian Steinberg

ESPN is the nation's biggest sports-media outlet. Now, as many viewers find new ways to watch their favorite games and highlights reels, the Disney-owned company wants to maintain that status by ensuring younger viewers wander under it


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