Full Coverage: TV Upfronts 2014
Get the latest news on the 2014-2015 television season, as TV networks unveil their programming lineups to advertisers.
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NBC Universal Cable wrapped up a long upfront season Thursday with a presentation for its portfolio of cable networks Bravo, USA, Syfy, Sprout, Oxygen, Esquire and E!
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The CW, after a strong year, inched closer to playing with the big kids this season.
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The CW unveiled its prime-time schedule for the 2014-2015 season Thursday morning -- and like a teenager too stubborn to clean its room, there wasn’t much movement.
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At its annual upfront presentation Wednesday at Carnegie Hall, CBS proved it knows how to put on a show with special (and highly entertaining) appearances by two of the network’s stars, “The Good Wife’s” Alan Cumming and outgoing “Late Show” host David Letterman.
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CBS’ fall lineup includes Thursday night football, five new dramas and a later start for ‘Mentalist’ and ‘Mike and Molly.’
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Call it the C-7 smack-down.
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“Chozen” is no “Frozen.”
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TNT is going “boom!”
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Amid a flurry of changes in the late-night TV landscape, TBS is sticking with Conan O’Brien.
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Kids, I’m going to tell you an incredible story.
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“Two and a Half Men” will end its run after its upcoming 12th season on CBS.
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CBS released its prime-time schedule for the upcoming season Wednesday morning in New York City.
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CBS is betting on football and five new dramas to lift its ratings this fall.
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Looking to rebound from its third-place spot in the ratings this season, ABC in the fall will double down on Shonda Rhimes and also make a number of bets on multiethnic shows.
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At Fox’s upfront presentation Monday in New York, entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly boasted about the network’s breakout freshman drama “Sleepy Hollow” and boasted of its lineup of “youth appeal comedies” like “New Girl,” “Mindy Project” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
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In perhaps one of the most unexpected partnerships to come out of the Upfronts, it was announced that Simon Cowell is teaming with Univision to find the next-generation Latino boy band.
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ABC unveiled Tuesday morning its slate of prime-time shows for the 2014-15 season Tuesday morning in New York.
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At its upfront presentation Tuesday in New York City, ABC showcased a 2014-15 programming lineup notable for its diversity.
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Despite increased competition from Fox and NBC, ESPN says it has not seen its piece of the sports advertising pie get any smaller.
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Fox Broadcasting is overhauling much of its prime-time lineup after a disappointing season.
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Fox unveiled its up-and-coming, one-name star of programming at its 2014 upfront presentation to media buyers — and her name is “eventizing.”
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After a season in which it’s poised to finish No. 1 in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic for the first time since the end of “Friends” 10 years ago, NBC ran a triumphant victory lap at its annual upfront presentation before an audience of advertisers and journalists Monday in New York City.
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NEW YORK — “Homeland” and “The Americans” have made believers out of skeptics who said shows about intelligence had gone the way of the Robert Ludlum novel.
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Fox unveiled its slate of new prime-time shows for 2014-15 season Monday morning in New York.
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Network television is attempting to once again defy the laws of gravity.
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NBC is steadily positioning itself as the Great White Way of TV.
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NBC has come to an important realization: Comedy isn’t always pretty.
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Budding superheros, virgins, zombies and an apocalypse -- oh my!
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HGTV has decided to scrap plans for a new reality series, “Flip It Forward,” after an online outcry over the views of one of its stars on gay marriage, abortion and Islam.
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USA continues to move away from “blue skies” programming: On Thursday the top-rated cable network unveiled its 2014 development slate, which includes a diverse portfolio of gritty dramas, comedy and limited-run series from name producers including Amy Poehler, Jodie Foster and Jessica Biel.
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ABC is getting into the pickup corral, so far announcing orders for five new dramas -- including one from its buzz-maker, Shonda Rhimes -- and four new comedies.
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ABC, the only network to have bypassed handing out early renewals for its series, is finally feeling generous.
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It looks like tomorrow won’t come for “The Tomorrow People” on the CW.
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After a late-in-the-workday pickup and renewal spree, ABC kept the game going into the late evening on the comedy front -- renewing the veteran “The Middle” and divorcing the freshman laffer “Trophy Wife.”
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NBC’s 2014-15 lineup continued to take shape Thursday, as the network picked up three new series, “Constantine,” “A to Z” and “The Mysteries of Laura.”
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The biggest stars of PBS’ new fall lineup are named Franklin, Eleanor and Teddy .
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Fourth-place network ABC continued to clean house Friday, canceling the comedies “Suburgatory,” “Super Fun Night” and “The Neighbors.”
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A stiff drink might be in order for the cast and crew of “Mixology” -- the freshman comedy has been canceled by ABC.
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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the cigar-chomping rubber hand-puppet character from “Late Night With Conan O’Brien,” will be getting his own series soon on Adult Swim.
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ABC renewed four reality series Friday, ordering additional seasons of “Dancing With the Stars,” “The Bachelor,” “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and “Shark Tank.”
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Bravo, the home of all versions of the “Real Housewives,” is steadily expanding its scripted content.
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So much for six seasons and a movie.
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The song will go on.
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Not quite done revamping its slate, ABC has picked up the Ryan Phillippe-Juliette Lewis whodunnit drama, “Secrets and Lies,” to series.
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Like a rock star late to the stage, ABC has kept the suspense going on the fate of its country music-themed soap “Nashville”--until at long last announcing its renewal late Friday...on Twitter.
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NBC stocked up on comedies Friday, picking up the pilots “Bad Judge,” “Mission Control” and “One Big Happy.”
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It looks as if Robin Williams’ return to series TV was short-lived.
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There’s life in “CSI” yet: CBS has picked up another spinoff of the long-running crime franchise.
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“Last Man Standing” isn’t getting weak in the knees just yet.
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NBC unveiled its 2014-15 prime-time lineup on Sunday morning, with a new schedule that moves the crime drama “The Blacklist” to Thursday nights in February.
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CBS on Friday picked up seven new shows for series in the 2014-15 TV season, including another spinoff of its smash “NCIS” franchise, according to a source close to the network.
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NBC renewed two more series Friday, ordering additional seasons of “Hannibal” and “About a Boy.”
