Bill Carroll
Bill Carroll
break familiar hard impression maybe trying
It's so hard to break through (with viewers). Maybe you get to set an impression for a moment. If it's a familiar face, that reinforces what you're trying to say.
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The only thing the Olympics can do pretty consistently is raise awareness of a new project, and you can usually elicit sampling. Once you've done that, it really comes down to whether the shows deliver at that point.
audience certainly last supporting watching
There certainly was a sense, at least in watching the live audience at the end of last season, that they were supporting her.
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The other networks want to avoid losing momentum and the way you can lose momentum is by saying we're going to put a Gone Fishing sign up and come back after the Olympics.
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NBC is struggling and executives have to be disappointed. Maybe two 'Apprentice' shows were at least one too many and 'Joey' is not doing any better. The one bright spot is 'My Name is Earl' but there's not much other than that.
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NBC has to be a bit disappointed with numbers for Martha Stewart. They probably hoped it would do a bit better.
accept bill cosby ellen jerry mold
She's in the mold of Bill Cosby and Jerry Seinfeld, ... You can accept that Ellen could be like us.
legacy year
The only way you find out is the legacy. And a legacy is not a year or two; a legacy is 10 years.
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It doesn't seem there's a great deal of alarm
appears carry following sunday test
That was the test to see if they still had a big enough following to carry over to Sunday night. And it appears that it didn't.
looking
If advertisers are looking for stability, it's at CBS.
area difference fall football help horizon nbc near olympics series turnaround winter
Having the Winter Olympics on the near horizon and football for the fall will help but ultimately, it is series programming that makes the difference and NBC hasn't been able to make a turnaround in that area yet,
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There is no on-demand if there is no demand, ... If you don't have a hit, nobody is going to buy it. Nobody is going to spend $1.99 to watch something that they don't know about or don't care about.
ad array budgets larger overall spread wider
Overall ad budgets may be getting larger but they are being spread over a wider array of platforms.