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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Tags: ABC, black viewership, Cougar Town, Fox Formula, race, TBS
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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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Tags: ABC, camp, GCB
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Who gets their own show, and what can we expect, for the 2012-2013 season?
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Tags: ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, The CW, upfronts
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Trend pieces positing a "mancession" on network television schedules this fall overestimated the phenomenon.
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Tags: ABC, broadcast, cable networks, CBS, masculinity, men, television, tim allen
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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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Tags: ABC, daytime television, Food, The Chew
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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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Tags: ABC, Charlie's Angels, Pan Am, Premiere Week, Revenge, Suburgatory
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What happened at last week's network upfronts, and what does it say about American television?
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Tags: ABC, cancelations, CBS, FOX, NBC, new shows, renewals, The CW, upfronts
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Antenna contributors respond to ABC's fall premieres. Check back as we update over the next week!
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Tags: ABC, Better with You, Detroit 1-8-7, My Generation, pilots, premieres, The Whole Truth
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