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The strike impaired ABC’s development of new television shows, and the network plans to unveil only two new series in the fall - and only one of them scripted.
Life on Mars is a police drama in which the hero detective has been transported back to the 70s; Opportunity Knocks is a game show in which producers arrive at a home and quiz family members about each other, writes the AP.
ABC has also announced that it has picked up Scrubs from NBC for midseason.
Shows that may not have been extended - including Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies and Dirty Sexy Money - have all been given another chance next season.
The network has 17 series in development, but ABC pres Stephen McPherson said he wasn’t comfortable committing to any of the new shows until pilots had been filmed.
Radio stations in the U.K. reacted with outrage when they learned of a report by researchers from the University of the West of England which accused them of promoting excessive drinking.
The study looked at 1,200 hours of radio output,…
General Motors posted sales of 308,817 vehicles in August. That’s a drop of 20 percent from August of last year - but 31 percent better than July.
In order to boost sales as much as possible during a time when…
A new digital out-of-home network to reach golfers is launching to 100 retail locations in the next two months. The network will be available in Dunham’s Sporting Goods, Golf Etc., Golf USA, Pro Golf, and ParMasters, among others.
Fox says that viewers’ attention to commercials is higher when fewer commercials are aired. The revelation comes as a result of testing the network has done for its freshman thriller, Fringe, which will premiere Sept. 9 with limited commercials and shorter…
Worldwide sales of mobile phones will reach 1.28 billion units in 2008 - up from 1.15 billion units in 2007 - an 11 percent increase from last year, according to Gartner, Inc - (via MarketingCharts).
While the mobile phone market is poised for…
Consumers in all income segments are cutting back spending, and doing so to a greater extent recently than at the beginning of the second quarter, according to a comScore study examining changes in consumer attitudes and perceptions about the U.S. economy…
