NBC Makes Bet on Fake Reality
NBC has added another show in its summer lineup: Siberia, a drama about contestants in a reality show gone wrong. Set to premiere July 1 at 10 p.m., Siberia is reportedly a spooky adventure thriller...
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NBC's Revolution Goes Out on a High Note
Monday night was all about transitions, as NBC put its top-rated drama series to rest for the summer, while ABC introduced its newest scripted effort. Per Nielsen fast affiliate ratings, the season...
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There’s No Place Like Dome
CBS on Monday drew a huge crowd with the premiere of its ambitious scripted series, Under the Dome, delivering 13.5 million total viewers and a staggering 3.3 in the adults 18-49 demo. While it...
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CBS’ Dome Stifles the Competition
The second installment of CBS’ supernatural thriller Under the Dome suffocated the competition Monday night, stifling the premiere of NBC’s scripted series Siberia while keeping the struggling ABC...
View ArticleStephen King's Under the Dome Drama Is a Hit for CBS
Four episodes in and it’s clear that CBS has a rare summer drama hit on its hands with Under the Dome, a claustrophobic yarn about a small town that is hermetically sealed under what amounts to a...
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CBS Orders Second Season of Under the Dome
CBS on Monday announced that it has picked up the supernatural thriller Under the Dome for a second season, ordering 13 episodes to air in summer 2014. The renewal was expected, given the...
View ArticleThe Ad Council Raises Over $9 Million to Support Social Impact Campaigns
The Ad Council, at its 70th annual public service award dinner Thursday night, honored Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger for his outstanding corporate citizenship, including his support for multiple Ad...
View ArticleHere’s the Roundup for the Week Ending December 6
Happy Friday to all who celebrate! In this week's edition of stories we didn't write up for one reason or another, we see Byron Allen (pictured) is suing McDonald's, saying the company discriminates...
View ArticleIPG Just Splurged $100 Million on a Retail Data Firm — Here’s Exactly What It...
Interpublic Group is betting on commerce and retail media. The holding company has agreed to acquire retail analytics firm Intelligence Node. Exact terms were not disclosed, but the acquisition is...
View ArticleFederal Appeals Court Upholds Law That Could Lead to TikTok Ban
TikTok took a hit in Washington, D.C., Friday, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a law that requires Chinese-based parent company ByteDance to sell the popular video-sharing...
View Article5 Brands That Went Big on AI Marketing in 2024, And What They Learned
Brands went bonkers for AI this past year, as they increasingly adopted the growing number of tools available to facilitate mundane tasks throughout the creative process and create new kinds of work....
View Article3 Ways Creators Are Future-Proofing Amid TikTok’s Uncertain Fate
The ongoing threat of a TikTok ban just got more serious. Today (Dec. 5), a U.S. federal appeals court upheld a law that requires TikTok's owner, Chinese tech firm ByteDance, to divest itself of the...
View ArticleNadja Bellan-White to Lead M&C Saatchi Group in North America
Nadja Bellan-White, who has been serving as CEO of creative agency M&C Saatchi SS+K since January, was promoted to CEO of M&C Saatchi North America Group. Prior to joining M&C Saatchi...
View ArticleDonald Trump Accepts Fox Nation Award as Pete Hegseth Nomination Faces Headwinds
Donald Trump's love/hate relationship with Fox News Media was all love on Thursday night. The president-elect received the inaugural Patriot of the Year award during Fox Nation's sixth annual Patriot...
View ArticleAmazon’s Black Friday Game Scores Big for Advertisers
In only its second year hosting the NFL Black Friday game, Amazon has had no problem staying on offense and moving forward. Drawing 13.51 million viewers to see the Kansas City Chiefs eke out a 19-17...
View ArticleTicker: ABC News Has a New Office Space for 2025
Top of the Ticker: ABC News is saying goodbye to its longtime home on New York's Upper West Side. The network is moving south to 7 Hudson Square, site of the recently opened Robert A. Iger building,...
View ArticleNBA Puts a Toyetic Twist on a Classic Holiday Ad
The NBA has spent the past few decades planting its flag in Christmas Day--much the same as the NFL has staked out Thanksgiving--returning this year with a remake of its seminal "Jingle Hoops" ad from...
View ArticleNBCU Ad Sales Snags Another Roku Exec as Kristina Shepard Joins in EVP Role
NBCUniversal is continuing to bolster its ads team. Today, NBCU announced that former Roku executive Kristina Shepard will join its advertising and partnerships team as executive vice president of...
View ArticleOmnicom and IPG CEOs Earned Much More Than Their Rivals Last Year
Four companies -- WPP, Publicis Groupe, Omnicom Group, and Interpublic Group (IPG) -- have dominated the advertising industry for years, yet they aren't all the same. Some chief executive officers, for...
View ArticleOvernight Cable News Ratings Dec. 3-5: CNN and MSNBC Remain Below a Million...
Tuesday, Dec. 2 The most-watched programs on all three networks aired in the pre-primetime evening hours. Fox News' The Five led with over four million total viewers at 5 p.m. ET, while The Beat with...
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