Broadcasting & Cable - August 23, 2010

Buoyed by well-funded, well-received fall debutants—the taut political thriller The Event (pictured) and high-octane U.S. marshal drama Chase chief among them—a number of NBC affiliates believe the new season just might mark the long-awaited awakening for NBC’s ailing primetime, vastly helping stations’ late news and overall revenue picture.

• Market Eye
• A Tale of Three Cities

• News
• In a Flyover State
• Look Out, Chappelle, Here Comes Shaq
• Programming
• Fox Debuts On-Demand Product
• Station to Station
• Stations ‘Rent’ Ratings Service With Eye to Buy
• WGCL Atlanta Goes Live at 5
• Syndication
• A Really Long-Running ‘Feud’
• Washington Watch
• Broadband $ Not Redundant, Says Advisor

• Opinion
• Editorial
• Editorial: Look to the Hill

• People
• Fifth Estater
• No Buzz, No Problem

• Special Report
• The 2010 Digital All-Stars
• SPT’s Eric Berger: Digital Networks Are No ‘Add-On’
• Univision’s Kevin Conroy: Kicking Interactive into High Gear
• NBCU’s Cameron Death: Pushing Digital Video
• CBSSports’ Jason Kint: Getting Paid for Free Sports
• Belo’s Joe Weir: Wizard of the Web
• Big Games Flowing in Streams
• CMO Spotlight: Selling Televisions With Television
• Technology
• KTBS Embraces File-Based Future
• Hearst Taps Streambox Live