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How will the Fall TV Season Unfold?

from Baseline, a part of The NY Times

NBC has already cancelled The Playboy Club after just three episodes.  NBC just cancelled Free Agents. Which show will be next to get the axe?  The 2011 Fall TV Preview Edition of Primetime TV Insight is an excellent guide.

Here's some of what our authors had to say about The Playboy Club: "The pilot was nice to look at, but surprisingly not fun to watch. It's not at all compatible with its lead-in. Makes you realize how difficult it really is to do a stylized period piece like Mad Men."

Here's some of what they had to say about Free Agents: "This may be the worst comedy pilot we've seen in the past 25 years. The cast has no chemistry, the writing was bad, and it seemed the whole pilot was just one crude joke."

The 2011 Fall TV Preview Edition has much more than predictions for new shows, it's packed with network by network demographic ratings analysis, program genre trend charts, network program ownership timelines, average ratings and hours spent per week watching genres by demographic, ten year pre-season buzz vs. success charts for new shows, and much more.

This edition of Primetime TV Insight will serve as a reference guide for years to come.  It's replete with 5 and 10 year charts, ratings data, and median age information for both individual shows and broadcast and cable networks.  Available for $695, this 160 page report is authored by Steve Sternberg and Shari Anne Brill, two of the most award winning and prestigious television analysts working today.

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