One thing you can’t say about the TV networks’ unveiling of their fall schedules this week is that they overpromised and underdelivered.Coming into the May upfronts, when network sales departments negotiate ad...

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At the party after the Fox network’s presentation of its fall schedule on Thursday, an executive from one of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies looked around and said, “Finally, we had a real upfront.” The agent did not want to insult the...
This year's television upfronts were a relatively restrained affair as the networks rely less on the annual event to showcase new programs to advertisers. NEW YORK (Fortune) -- I am not standing near enormous platters of shrimp and sushi under a...

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It truly was an Upfront week like no other. The broadcast networks were faced with the challenge of putting together their annual programming presentations to advertisers and the press in the aftermath of the Writers Guild of America strike,...