ABC Gets Best and Worst Of Online Buzz for Fall
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NEW YORK A quirky ABC drama about a pie shop owner who helps a detective solve crimes by bringing dead victims back to life is poised to be this fall&#39;s surprise hit, according to Brandintel, an online consumer-buzz measurement service busily tracking the broadcast networks&#39; prime-time lineups.
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NEW YORK More dollars are expected to be spent on online extensions of broadcast network shows in this upfront than ever before, but a sizable amount--as much as $150 million overall--also may be held back for digital opportunities that arise during the course of next season, according to media buyers. Call it the &quot;digital scatter market.&quot;
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ABC News is ending a digital television experiment it began with last summer's political conventions.
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ABC boasted more good news on Monday as its darkly comic "Desperate Housewives" emerged as the network's most watched series debut in eight years and the highest-rated launch of a new show on U.S. television so far this season.
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It must have felt like the good ol' days at NBC: the three most-watched prime-time programs and "Nightly News" back on top of the ratings. Too bad it's the middle of summer, when few people are paying attention.
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ABC apologized yesterday for a steamy intro to &quot;Monday Night Football&quot; after receiving complaints from viewers and the NFL.
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ABC has turned off the lights for "Day Break" and "Show Me the Money." The low-rated series airing back-to-back on Wednesday have been pulled by the network.
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On the entertainment side, CBS was set to go into the fall season as the most watched network in prime time.
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In the extremely tight ratings race between the two leading evening news broadcasts, ABCâs âWorld News With Charles Gibsonâ last week edged past its rival, NBCâs âNightly News With Brian Williams,â for the first time in eight weeks. Nielsen estimated that the ABC newscast drew 9.8 million viewers, its highest average in nearly a year and slightly more than the 9.6 million who tuned in to NBC. ABCâs slim margin of victory was only modestly higher in the age bracket of adults 25 to 54, a demographic the two networks split evenly during the previous week. The last time ABC finished No. 1 was during the November sweeps period. Last week CBSâs âEvening News With Katie Couricâ remained a distant third (7.13 million).
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A 90-minute edition of âDeal or No Dealâ lifted NBC to another No. 1 finish in the ratings on Monday. According to Nielsenâs estimates, 13.1 million viewers tuned in to the game show from 9:30 to 11 p.m., making it the nightâs top-rated broadcast. NBC also fared well earlier in the night as âAmerican Gladiatorsâ won its 8 to 9:30 time slot among adults 18 to 49, while attracting a modest 8.8 million viewers. ABCâs âDance Warâ delivered slightly more viewers during the time period (9.2 million), but it lagged far behind in the 18-to-49 set, falling to its lowest ratings to date in that demographic. ABC finished a distant fourth over all as both âNotes From the Underbellyâ at 9:30 (4.3 million) and âOctober Roadâ at 10 (4 million) continued to struggle. Fox was second in the 18-t0-49 set with âPrison Breakâ at 8 (7.9 million total viewers) and âTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chroniclesâ at 9 (8.3 million). CBS fared slightly better in total viewers with its comedy lineup, which included strong ratings for a âTwo and a Half Menâ repeat at 9 (11.9 million).
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ÂNBC Nightly News With Brian WilliamsÂ comes out on top, even in a newly widened anchor field, which for the first time includes ABCÂs Charles Gibson and CBSÂs Katie Couric.
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The 2006-07 season is  barely over and the broadcast networks announced their fall  schedules only a week ago, but buzz has started about new  characters being added to returning hits next season and roles  being recast on the newly picked-up rookie shows.
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AOL had to pull back some new features in AOL News to handle a spike in traffic Tuesday.
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CBS on Tuesday claimed victory as   the most watched television network in prime-time during last   week's fall premieres, but more people tuned in overall than   last year, giving each network victories to tout.
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NEW YORK New this fall season: Broadcast networks will rely on social networks, guerrilla events, video-on-demand, YouTube, Web portals and mobile technology more than ever before to promote their new lineups to increasingly distracted consumers. What&#39;s not so new is the continued reliance on their own airwaves to do most of the work.
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ABC so far this new season is in the midst of something it has not experienced in half a decade: a ratings surge.
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For many of the broadcast networks' new fall shows, interested fans don't have to wait until they actually appear on television. How old-fashioned.