TBS’ agreement to air new episodes of Cougar Town may signal the next network to employ the "Fox Formula" whereby market share is built courting black viewership, only to be discarded once a critical mass of mainstream viewership is attained.
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Posts Tagged ‘ ABC ’
FOX Formula 3.0?: TBS, Cougar Town, and the Disappearing Televisual Black Body
The Cancellation of GCB and the Continued Discomfort with Televisual Camp
GCB represents ABC's recent attempt to incorporate camp aesthetics into a prime-time commodity, a gamble that ultimately was too risky for the network.
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Upfronts 2012: An A-Z of What’s New
Who gets their own show, and what can we expect, for the 2012-2013 season?
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End of Men on US Television?
Trend pieces positing a "mancession" on network television schedules this fall overestimated the phenomenon.
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Digesting The Chew: Democracy & Distinction in Daytime
A first look at ABC's The Chew that considers the show's indistinct identity and uneasy relationship with an as yet undetermined imagined audience.
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Updated! Premiere Week 2011: ABC
Premiere Week! Check back here regularly for our contributor's thoughts on all the new ABC programs. Responses thus far: Revenge, Charlie's Angels, Pan Am and Suburgatory.
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The Rapture of New Network Shows
What happened at last week's network upfronts, and what does it say about American television?
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UPDATED: Premiere Week 2010 – ABC
Antenna contributors respond to ABC's fall premieres. Check back as we update over the next week!
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5 Thoughts On: ABC’s Modern Family
One Show, Five Thoughts.
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