While Fox's Superbowl XLV broadcast included trailers for all of this summer's biggest blockbuster films and a whole heap of hilarious product commercials, Fox also worked in a short trailer for its big-budget scifi series Terra Nova (website). After endless casting and filming delays, Terra Nova has finally gotten off the ground, telling the story of a family in a … [Read more...]
Selling the Superbowl
With the disaster that was People's Choice and the Globes, people are looking forward to some really good TV -- and we're not talking about those reruns that the writer's strike has doomed us to watch. It's time for the Superbowl. It's alwys the year's biggest TV event, but now they're planning to make it even better. Advertisers are going to bring in live shows, and have … [Read more...]
Nielsen’s Top 10 List
The Nielsen Media Research announced the Top 10 TV shows of 2007. Leading the pack is the Fox show American Idol, which got a stunning 17.3 rating. It's the second year in the row for Simon and company, who -- despite a really bad selection of contestants -- still got the audience hooked. However the numbers are slipping, and if the new season brings another batch of … [Read more...]