September 21, 2011
The premiere episode of the Cowell-free 10th season of "American Idol" drew 26.2 million viewers in January. Anything less for the massively hyped "X-Factor" debut will surely be a huge disappointment.
September 20, 2011
Or if you don't have time, here's your executive summary: Young! Fresh! Outrageous! Offbeat! Adorable! Goofy! Positive! Vulnerable!
September 19, 2011
NBC's hourlong drama set in the Playboy Club debuts tonight, but Nora Ephron and others would rather see the clubs left behind.
September 19, 2011
Why TV owns social and the breakdown of six other things you should be informed on in the social-media chatter about TV.
September 15, 2011
Yesterday's installment of the MediaWorks Guide to Fall TV suggested that maybe, just maybe, NBC's new parenting sitcom "Up All Night" had been focus-grouped into existence. I should have saved my cynicism for "The Secret Circle," which starts tonight on the CW.
September 14, 2011
For comedy fans, the mix of on-screen and producing talent behind NBC's "Up All Night" is kind of irresistible. And the premise: Well, if you're a parent -- it's ultra-relatable.
September 13, 2011
We've got our eye out for the shows that fans and critics seem to be the most buzzed about. Here's "Ringer," which returns Sarah Michelle Gellar to TV tonight on The CW.
September 12, 2011
The Huffington Post is prepping a new vertical called HuffPost High School, which will be edited by a paid 17-year-old but solicit unpaid posts from teenagers.
September 09, 2011
In honor of last night's NFL opener, here's what Packers and Saints fans like to watch on TV when they're not watching football.
September 08, 2011
An acclaimed one-man show about Apple's CEO is coming to New York's Public Theater.
September 07, 2011
If social media buzz reflects anything about viewers' interest in new shows, ABC's "Once Upon a Time" is in great position for its Oct. 23 premiere.
September 05, 2011
It's time once again for the Media Guy Media Studies Pop Quiz, back-to-school edition. All books and papers off your desk. Now, people!
August 26, 2011
Today's chart is pretty straightforward -- but still eye-opening. It shows the top 30 (American) TV shows of the year so far in terms of social-media response (mostly on Twitter and Facebook).
August 26, 2011
Watch a grainy video, just over five minutes long, of a young Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh on January 24, 1984.
August 22, 2011
Daily-deals company Groupon has lately been subject to a truly brutal media pile-on thanks to some ugly pre-IPO revelations the company just made to the SEC about its financials. But I think Groupon's problems are much more systemic -- and existential.
August 19, 2011
At the dawn of a new era of negative campaign advertising, our Media Guy comes clean about his past dealings with the presidential hopefuls.
August 12, 2011
If you've had your fill of 60%-off Brazilian waxes, 51%-off horseback-riding lessons and 87%-off laser hair removal from other daily-deal sites, perhaps you're interested in a 20%-off (regular $26,875 retail price) designer doll house for humans?
August 08, 2011
When [Insert Company]'s [Insert Controversy] blew up in the social-media sphere, it was like watching a slow-motion train wreck in warp-speed. The upside? Plenty of teachable moments. Here are some of the takeaways we can all ... take away.
August 08, 2011
Groupon-esque services obviously pose a threat to newspapers' local ad business, but if teaming up with daily-deals sites gets readers to pay for honest-to-God news-on-newsprint, well ... whatever it takes, right?
August 04, 2011
According to a statistic I just made up, 18% of traffic to gadget blogs goes to speculative posts about unconfirmed rumors of unreleased Apple products. Here's a video of what might be the revealing of an iPhone5.
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