14
May
Posted by: James Huffman in: TV Networks, TVLoop, Television
It looks like ABC listens to the fans after all. The word is now out that Scrubs is being renewed by ABC for a “Transitional” 9th Season. Many of the main cast members (Zach Braff included) have signed on to the first six episodes, as a way to transition to the new show. Also in [...]
26
Mar
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Stats, Television
For the most part, Lost fans are resilient. They…or rather, we…have taken a lot over the last 4 plus years. We’ve gone along with the polar bears, black smoke, walking dead, and now even time travel. But we’re starting to get a bit ancy and we’re ready for some answers. Could that be what’s causing [...]
13
Mar
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Social Media, Stats, Television, polls
There has been a lot of chatter across the blogosphere this week about socializing around TV. Most of it began when Hulu announced that it was adding a variety of social features so that users could share their TV-watching habits with their friends. The reviews are mixed so far as building a community doesn’t appear [...]
23
Feb
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Stats, Television
It seems that you can’t surf the Web or turn on the TV these days without seeing a never-ending stream of reports about how broadcast TV is on the doward slide while more and more consumers are turning to the Internet for their television needs. Well Nielsen released some stats today that couldn’t tell a [...]
15
Feb
Posted by: Bryan Bennett in: Television, polls
One of the more imprortant and contentious topics within the television industry these days is the Federal mandate for TV stations to disable their analog tranmissions for a couple of reasons according to the FCC’s The Digital TV Transition website:
1. Moving off analog signals frees up the broadcast spectrum for public services such as police [...]