THE 2006 UPFRONTS

I'm in New York, and if you read everything I link to here, you'll start to feel like you're right here with me, attending every network upfront presentation, screening the trailers, gauging the crowd reaction (and your own) to the new shows that the networks think we the people will want to catch come fall.

NBC Upfronts, from the sixth row
Tom Heald's NBC upfronts haiku
TV Barn Radio: First impressions of NBC
Bianculli story on NBC, with grid
ABC's announcement (PR)
Tom's ABC shows haiku
Previewing the new NBC shows
ABC Upfronts, from the press spillover room
Previewing the new ABC shows
CBS's announcement (PR)
Tom's CBS shows haiku 
Breakfast with Les at CBS
CBS Upfronts, from the fourth row
Previewing the new CBS shows
The CW's announcement (PR)
Tom's CW shows haiku
The CW Upfronts, from MSG
Fox's announcement (PR)
Tom Heald's Fox shows haiku
 

SPECIAL REPORT: The worst upfront ever!

In print: NBC gets funny for fall
In print: Thursday now 'Grey's' day
In print: CBS jumps for 'Shark'
In print: Fox, rhymes with Xerox

IN SUMMARY: Most promising pilots of the week
AND: What did we learn?

Laurel Krahn's fall season grid

AUDIO: Paul Harris and I chat about the upfronts on KMOX.

Still to come:
Previewing the new Fox shows (Monday)

Past years' upfronts coverage: 2005 | 2004

And presenting ... the NEW CW logo:

In animations, the C begins as an E and has an N attached to it, so the animation goes from NEW to CW.  Pretty much taken out of the MTV Networks playbook, but hey, they're no longer in the corporate family, so all's fair, right?