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ABC recently got busy requesting pilots, presentations and series.
The network ordered the series Wipe Out, an unscripted show from the brains at Fear Factor that features contestants crashing funny on an obstacle course.
Three cop dramas got requests for presentations: Castle, about a horror writer consulting for NYPD’s homicide unit; The Unusuals, set in New York and from Denis Leary’s production company; and Finnegan, an LA-based show focused on a female detective.
Pilot orders, according to Mediaweek, went through for three other projects: Handbook, about a 32-year-old mother taking care of her 16-year-old daughter and her own 48-year-old mom; Prince of Motor City, set among Detroit’s wealthy auto makers; and an untitled legal series set in a kooky L.A. law firm.
The Spanish Radio Association says Arbitron still has not addressed its concerns and research questions regarding the PPM and how “Hispanics are recruited and represented, and how the PPM panel is maintained.”
The SRA has been working with Arbitron in…
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CNN won its second night of coverage of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday. The network averaged 3.41 million viewers in the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. time slot, despite the fact that Fox drew nearly even for the night.
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Generation Y is the most self-indulgent, Generation X is the most innovative, and Boomers are the most productive, while the “Silent Generation” and the “Greatest Generation” are the most admired, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive, writes MarketingCharts.
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To encourage shoppers to buy more back-to-school items, retailers often implement “loss leader” strategies: that is, selling items at a loss or even giving them away in hopes that the reductions will attract shoppers who will then buy other, more…
