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Upfront '10: The Postmortem

It’s Quincy M.E. time on Madison Avenue, that postmortem period where we weigh and catalogue the upfront’s vital organs and try to divine meaning from the entrails.

Kids Market Wrapping Up 3-5 Percent

Although bolstered by an improving economy and increased spending from primary endemics, the kids upfront was still not nearly as robust as the general-entertainment marketplace

Cable Upfronts Wind to A Close: Who’s Where?

A final salvo of deal making last week put a bow on the bulk of the cable entertainment upfront market, as ad sales bosses wrote business at premiums of 8-10 percent over last year’s levels.

Turner Wraps Upfront Sales

After a final flurry of business late Monday night, Turner Entertainment has wrapped its 2009-10 upfront deals, locking in CPM increases between 9-10 percent above last year’s pricing.

Cable Plugs Into Gains

If the 2010-11 cable upfront were a World Cup match, buyers and sellers would now be at about the 80-min. mark, with little threat of stoppage time added to defray any on-field histrionics.

NBC Finishes Upfront Sales

CBS Upfront a Wrap; ABC, NBC Almost There

Fox Starts Upfront Drive

Fox Sells 80% of Super Bowl Avails in Upfront, CW Wraps

CBS' Moonves: 'The Numbers Are Where We'd Like Them to Be'

Disney's Iger: ABC Upfront Looking Good

Upfront Underway With Fox First to Deal

Upfront Programming: Show Battles

Upfront Programming Report 2010

Hispanic Networks: Ready for Prime Time

Honda Steers Into Nat Geo’s Great Migrations

Upfronts Wrapped by July 4th?

Upfront TV: At CW With Analyst Shari Anne Brill

Univision Unveils 2010-11 Schedule

Upfront TV: At ABC With MediaVest's Donna Speciale

Upfront TV: Outside CBS With Katz VP Bill Carroll

The CW 2010-11: Two New Series, Changes on All Five Nights of Week

Coco Works the Room at Turner Upfront

CBS 2010-11: Adding Three Dramas, Two Comedies

ESPN Bows In-House Creative Unit

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Live from The 2010 TCA Summer Press Tour: The CW focuses on next season with hopeful expectations for new dramas Hellcats and Nikita and an all original five night line-up.

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