Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Modern Family (tv program) published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 367
» View chicagobreakingbusiness.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-31
Next >
-
Upfronts Wrap: 5 Things We Know About Next Season
ReutersMay 17 (TheWrap.com) - Networks have made their big pitches to advertisers for the new season, and when you look past the bright lights, veneered smiles and massaged viewership data, here's what they all said: We know ratings are down, and we're going to...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Marketing, 24 (tv program), Television, The Office (tv program)
-
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo., Shea Conner column
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.America said goodbye to "The Office" last night. But we'll get more into that next week, after I've had some time to let the finale and the retrospective marinate. This week's column is all about the shows that were forced to end. In case you hadn't...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Will Arnett, CSI: New York (tv program), Community (tv program), Animal Practice (tv program)
-
Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars
If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...
Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Boston Legal (tv program), The Avengers (movie, 2012), Television, Amazon.com Inc.
-
The gestation of a sitcom, stretch marks and all
No wonder sitcom creators liken getting a series on the air to creating a child; months or years of development need to combine with patience, love and the willingness to modify and tweak a concept until it hurts. Here, we talk with some of TV's top...
Tags: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (tv program), Raising Hope (tv program), Television, Primetime Emmy Awards
-
'Modern Family,' 'Idol' Top Night; 'Chicago Fire' Heats Up
VarietyWhile ABC's "Modern Family" was on the rise from last week and ruled as Wednesday's top show among young adults, Fox prevailed in demos for the night with "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance." And in the closing hour, NBC's "Chicago Fire"...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Police Investigations, Criminal Minds (tv program), Crime, Law and Justice, Univision (tv network)
-
Critic's picks: It's fun to be stuck in 'The Middle'
"The Middle" -- Too long have the hilarious and down-rent relatable Hecks lived in the shadow of their upscale-yet-seeming-unemployed neighbors on"Modern Family." Patricia Heaton's Frankie and Neil Flynn's Mike remind us on a weekly basis that fatigue and...Tags: Grimm (tv program), PBS (tv network), The Middle (tv program), Patricia Heaton, Elizabeth Perkins
-
Espionage, comedy veterans touted for upcoming U.S. TV season
ReutersBy Liana B. Baker NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - The big four U.S. broadcast networks, in need of new TV hits to turn around slumping ratings, are betting espionage programs and old comedy stars will convince advertisers to spend about $9 billion during...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Marketing, Parkinson's Disease, NCIS (tv program), Genres
-
Espionage, comedy veterans touted for upcoming TV season
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The big four U.S. broadcast networks, in need of new TV hits to turn around slumping ratings, are betting espionage programs and old comedy stars will convince advertisers to spend about $9 billion during the so-called upfront selling...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, Marketing, Parkinson's Disease, NCIS (tv program), Television
-
'Modern Family' upstages 'American Idol' finalists
Staff writer"Modern Family" beat "American Idol" in a big way Wednesday, ABC happily noted Thursday. The Emmy-winning sitcom was the first program to beat a Wednesday "Idol" finale in the 18-to-49 age group. And that group is most important to advertisers. "Idol"...Tags: Criminal Minds (tv program), Crime, Law and Justice, So You Think You Can Dance (tv program), Arrow (tv program), The Middle (tv program)
-
Ratings: 'American Idol' Performance Finale Grows; 'Modern Family' Inches Up for Win
ReutersMay 16 (TheWrap.com) - Fox's "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance" both had significant growth and pushed the network to an overall win Wednesday night, but ABC's "Modern Family" enjoyed a modest ratings climb that made it the night's top-rated...Tags: Criminal Minds (tv program), 2 Broke Girls (tv program), Arrow (tv program), So You Think You Can Dance (tv program), The Middle (tv program)
-
New campaign asks “Modern Family” producers to write wedding episode for Cam and Mitch
Channel Guide Magazine“The freedom to marry is spreading. So it's time for America's biggest, red-beard-iest prime-time couple to get hitched in front of millions of American viewers.” So reads part of the home page of a new campaign launched by ACLU Action to... -
The Gold Standard: It's time for Emmy to surprise us
Backstage at the Emmys last year, reporters were squirming — and not just because of the ill-fitting rental tuxes and too-tight gowns. As "Modern Family" rolled to its third straight Emmy win for comedy series (after earlier pulling in prizes for...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Fatigue, Dexter (tv program), Veep (tv program), Memorial Day
May 17, 2013
|Story| Wrap
May 17, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| Tribune Media Services
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 16, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 16, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 16, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
May 16, 2013
|Story| Wrap
May 15, 2013
| Zap2It
May 16, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Modern Family (tv program) topic gallery.