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What TVGuide.com Watchlist Data Reveals About the Season's New Dramas

What TVGuide.com Watchlist Data Reveals About the Season's New Dramas

Here's one more way buyers can evaluate this fall's new dramas: by seeing how many TVGuide.com users added each one to their Watchlists.

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The Upfront's Best Moments, Most Awkward Moments and Worst Hashtag

The Upfront's Best Moments, Most Awkward Moments and Worst Hashtag

In a welcome bit of humor about the hard sell, CBS executive Jo Ann Ross wore a skirt that flashed "Your Ad Here."

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NBC Vet Marianne Gambelli Lands at Horizon

NBC Vet Marianne Gambelli Lands at Horizon

Ms. Gambelli, who led NBC broadcast sales until last fall, has joined Horizon Media as exec VP-chief investment officer.

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ESPN Begins Hundreds of Layoffs

ESPN Begins Hundreds of Layoffs

The self-proclaimed "Worldwide Leader in Sports" rarely has layoffs -- the last were in 2009. But with rivals such as Fox Sports 1 looming, ESPN has been spending big to stockpile sports rights.

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New Advocate for Video in Elevators, Taxis and More Takes Aim at TV

New Advocate for Video in Elevators, Taxis and More Takes Aim at TV

The Digital Place-Based Advertising Association has named TV veteran Barry Frey its new CEO. Mr. Frey says advertisers now see their TV buys losing punch.

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Vote: Which of These New Broadcast Dramas Will Get Canceled First?

Vote: Which of These New Broadcast Dramas Will Get Canceled First?

Last year Ad Age voters correctly predicted that CBS legal drama "Made in Jersey" would be the first new broadcast drama axed. Can you repeat the feat?

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Ad Age Picks the Upfront's Hits and Misses

Ad Age Picks the Upfront's Hits and Misses

Now that you're voting on the dramas and comedies most likely to meet the schedulers' axe first, here are our own network-by-network picks.

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Rise of the Non-Network Originals Gives TV Nets Cause for Concern

Rise of the Non-Network Originals Gives TV Nets Cause for Concern

TV networks have a bigger concern than one-upping their broadcast rivals: grabbing attention from original content on nontraditional platforms.

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USA, AMC Seeking Upfront Price Increases -- Before Negotiations Begin

USA, AMC Seeking Upfront Price Increases -- Before Negotiations Begin

The networks, citing strong shows like "Modern Family" and "The Walking Dead," don't want to begin talks with last year's prices.

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Vote: Which New Broadcast Comedy Will Get Canceled First?

Vote: Which New Broadcast Comedy Will Get Canceled First?

Which of these half-hours is most doomed this fall? You tell us in our upfront poll.

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TV Broadcasters Make Nostalgia Push With Fall Season -- Again

TV Broadcasters Make Nostalgia Push With Fall Season -- Again

NBC is reviving "Ironside," Fox is bringing back "24" and shows based "Dracula," "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" are also on the new schedule.

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USA Pushes 'Modern Family' Arrival, Enters Original Sitcoms

USA Pushes 'Modern Family' Arrival, Enters Original Sitcoms

The cable network has picked up two original sitcoms in addition to adding "Modern Family" in syndication. It also plans a "Psych" musical.

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See Previews of The CW's New Sci-Fi and Supernatural Shows

See Previews of The CW's New Sci-Fi and Supernatural Shows

Life isn't easy at a new high school... when you're an alien.

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Will Ferrell Names Charles Barkley TBS Chief at the Most Entertaining Upfront Yet

Meet Charles Barkley, the new head of TBS... according to Will Ferrell, who claimed to be the new head of Turner.

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The CW Reshuffles Its Schedule to Add Five New Dramas

The CW is making room for new series including "The Originals," a spin-off from "The Vampire Diaries."

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The CW Upfront: The Ad Age Live Blog

See the replay of our live blog, where The CW introduced a bevy of vampires, aliens and delinquents from the future.

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NBC's $800M Ad Haul for 2014 Winter Games Might not Include A-B InBev

Coke, AT&T and GM already signed up for Sochi coverage; A-B InBev's Chibe says TV not only game in town.

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Telemundo Partners With Ryan Seacrest and Donald Trump

Along with the usual telenovela fare, Telemundo is opening a studio to develop bilingual programming.

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Telemundo Partners With Ryan Seacrest and Donald Trump

Along with the usual telenovela fare, Telemundo is opening a studio to develop bilingual programming.

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CBS Upfront: The Ad Age Live Blog Replay

After Jimmy Kimmel called CBS "smug," CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves joked that he'd try to be gracious today -- but that it's hard.

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TBS and TNT to Stream All Their Programming Live

The networks also described their upcoming programming and projects in the works from Steven Spielberg, Steve Carell, Sylvester Stallone, Dick Wolf, Nicholas Sparks and Jamie Foxx.

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