This means that at least one of TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will likely miss out and possibly more if SNL is nominated. … [Read more...] about Late-Night Emmy Fight With TV Academy Heats Up, Networks Petition Over Category Changes With Some Considering Boycott
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Face the Nation is #1 across the board on Jan. 24
FACE THE NATION was the #1 public affairs across the board, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings on Sunday, Jan. 24. FACE THE NATION delivered 4.3 million total viewers and 854,000 in adults 25-54, the demographic most important to those who advertise in news. This Sunday was FACE THE NATION's best week in adults 25-54 and its second best performance in total viewers for the season. … [Read more...] about Face the Nation is #1 across the board on Jan. 24
In the Most Competitive Oscar Season Ever, Bloggers Are Keeping Score
Hammond insists he’s a breed apart from bloggers who finagle their own ads from studios, but on the half-charted internet, everyone sets his own boundaries. Stone admits she might “shut up about a movie I hate” if it’s advertising on her site, but she refuses to join the Broadcast Film Critics Association, which votes on the Oscar-season Critics’ Choice Awards, while Pond and Hammond are members. Feinberg still owns the blog he started after he left the Times—ScottFeinberg.com—which sells ads and runs links to his Reporter posts. “I have a third party handle it,” he explains, “for me to avoid any conflicts of interest.” Wells hired someone named Sean Jacobs to sell his ads, but that turns out to be a pseudonym for his son, Jett. This year he’s also began selling advertorials at $5,000 a pop, but only for movies he loves. … [Read more...] about In the Most Competitive Oscar Season Ever, Bloggers Are Keeping Score
