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About Ed Martin
Ed Martin has written about television and Internet programming for several Myers publications since 2000, including The Myers Report, The Myers Programming Report, MediaVillage and, at present, MediaBizBloggers on JackMyers.com.
A member of the Television Critics Association since 1990, Ed is among the media's best-known... more
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Upfront Week 2012: NBC Introduces a Monkey, Fox Brings Out Britney Spears - Ed Martin
By Ed Martin
NBC never fails to disappoint. No matter its corporate owners or top executives, this broadcaster, more than any other, always finds a way to stir up upfront week beyond simply introducing the new series it has lined up for the following season. (Remember when it pulled out of upfront week altogether? Or when it pushed back in with its infamous ... more
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Upfront Update: E!'s New York Coming Out Party; Syfy's First-Class Affair - Ed Martin
By Ed Martin
The E! soiree in New York City earlier this week proved to be much more than just another upfront bash. It was in every way an East Coast coming out party for the Los Angeles-based network, which remarkably had never hosted an upfront event or had much of a presence of any kind in ... more
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Upfront Update: Bravo's Night of the Bravolebrities, CMT's The Band Perry Experience and More - Ed Martin
By Ed Martin
Unlike the annual broadcast network upfront spectacles, which are somewhat traditional staged presentations followed by lavish parties, the basic cable upfront events are a mixed bag of promotional experiences. Some of them are quite intimate, like last week's CMT presentation and luncheon for a few dozen VIP guests. Others are almost over the... more
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TCA Cable Wrap-Up: HBO's Blinding Star Power; The Returns of "Dallas" and "Mad Men," Russell Brand Goes Wild (in a Good Way)
By Ed Martin
The closing weekend of the Winter 2012 Television Critics Association Tour was comprised of two wickedly overloaded and over-stimulating days full of presentations by cable networks, followed by a more manageable half day in which FX proved once again that it is the basic cable network to beat at TCA gatherings.
As always, HBO was one of ... more
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Univision at TCA: A Problematic Presentation for a Very Promising Series
By Ed Martin
Ed Martin Live from the Winter 2012 Television Critics Association Tour
Granted, Univision is still new to the Television Critics Association tour process, having made its first-ever presentation just last summer. But there is no getting around the fact that it suffered a disastrous session Saturday morning.
Critics had been... more
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