On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Was it just me or was the coverage of the upfronts exceptionally subdued? >> >> > I think there was discussion here in earlier threads that Fox and other > networks are trying to veer away from the upfront strategy. They want to > schedule year-round programing instead of focusing on the fall as the start > of a specific TV season. Given that propensity for constant original > content, a spring marketing blitz would be counter-intuitive. > The factors I would attribute to lack of coverage of the upfronts is: 1. No surprise cancellation of a niche but well loved series leading to a fan campaign to mail objects to a network programming president or plead for a cable channel to pick up the series. 2. Newspapers are dropping their TV critics and with fewer people to cover the events they will get less coverage. 3. Ad agencies are less tied to the fall season or are pulling back on supporting network TV in general. If their presence is subdued the coverage will also be subdued. I would add Kevin's comment to that which would also explain why CBS announced Colbert as the Late Show successor almost immediately rather than tease that they had decided on somebody and they would reveal it at their upfront. before I drew these conclusions I wanted to make sure that there really was less coverage of the upfronts and it was not just my perception. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
