Broadcasting & Cable - May 20, 2013

What attendees flipped for—and what flopped—at upfronts

• News
• Currency
• 1 Trillion Reasons to Fine-Tune Advertising Sales Strategies  
• Buyers Eye Less Upfront Spending on Broadcast  
• Programming
• ABC: Reducing Repeats With Limited Series  
• CBS: Restocking the Comedy Coffers  
• Fox: '24' Ways to Retool With Comedy, Spectacle  
• NBC: Betting on Olympics, 'Voice' to Launch New Hits  
• The CW: Making Noise With Dramas  
• USA: Launching Original Half-Hour Comedies  
• Turner: Beefing Up Content Collection  
• ESPN: We Welcome the Competition  
• Univision: Expanding Its Hispanic Footprint  
• Telemundo: Batting 1,000 on Original Content  
• MundoFox: Bringing 'The X Factor,' 'Bridge' to Hispanic Viewers  
• Discovery en Español: Introducing a New Programming Genre, Vroom  
• Station to Station
• Rival Nets 'Watch' as ABC Steals Show With New Streaming App  
• Washington Watch
• The Loyal Opposition  
• Indecent Overexposure  

• Opinion
• Editorial
• Editorial: The Shield  
• Editorial: The Sword  

• People
• Fifth Estater
• Turner Lifer Succeeds at Sales Thanks to Honesty, Hard Work