Changing a Hit TV Series Stirs Buzz ...or Backlash
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The different directions of Foxâs âHouseâ and âPrison Breakâ demonstrate some of the difficulties that television producers face as a successful series begins to age.
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Complaints by the Women's Institute prompt the BBC to make changes to hit comedy show Little Britain.
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A new software upgrade to Apple TV turns the device into a substantially different product.
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It tries to turn its live music show into a TV star.
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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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The high ratings for the program have come at a high price for NBC, as some advertisers say they are wary of being associated with the showâs content.
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TV viewers hooked on cliffhanger episodes of hit shows such as "Heroes" and "Grey's Anatomy" could be left dangling if writers walk off the job.
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I stopped watching TV in the late 90s. Unlike most things in my life I didn't do it (just) to advertise my excellence or to distance myself from the plebes. The driving reason was that my access to TV at the time was extremely limited. But I also felt that TV writing wasn't up to par with my intellectual pursuits. I only got back to watching TV two or so years ago. And I was flabbergasted - yes, flabbergasted - at the apparent increased quality of TV writing. The main reason for this is the rise of the TV serial.
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Television networks face an increasingly competitive landscape to attract new viewers, so channels are seeking innovative new ways to promote their primetime series.
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An animated series is  redrawing the lines of television mega-deals.
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Viewership drops, and networks aren't able to deliver on advertisers' expectations. But will the strike be settled soon?
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You hear that a movie like "3:10 to Yuma" is being remade and the immediate reaction is, "Why?"
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Despite the Hollywood writers' strike, the big TV networks have more than a hundred episodes of scripted series ready to roll out over the next few months. The bad news for viewers: Few are fan favorites.
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The company has come up with some on-demand advertising. Will it woo viewers?
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By Danny Hooley, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Network television has tried just about everything under the sun to hang on to the mass audience it enjoyed in the pre-cable glory days. Franchising its hits to death. An overdose of reality shows. Voodoo.
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Television advertising has long been frowned on in the legal profession. But Spot Runner, an online advertising agency, is trying to change that.
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LOS ANGELES  - An animated series is redrawing the lines of television mega-deals.