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Josef Adalian joined Vulture as West Coast editor in 2010 and has been covering the television industry since 1992, including a decade at Variety. He also writes Buffering, a newsletter about the streaming wars.

  1. tv ratings
    Ratings: HBO’s Vinyl Is Not Exactly Storming the Nielsen ChartsA mere 764,000 viewers tuned in for the premiere.
  2. freebies
    Law & Order’s First 5 Episodes Are Now Streaming for Free on Sundance.TVFor the rest of the month.
  3. the industry
    Bryan Fuller Will Helm the New Star Trek TV RevivalSet phasers to stun.
  4. the good wife
    The Good Wife Will End in MayWhat’s been rumored for weeks is now a reality.
  5. the industry
    Leslie Moonves Replaces Longtime Boss Sumner Redstone As CBS ChairmanThe most powerful man in television just got a little more powerful. 
  6. trends
    How Ryan Murphy Pioneered the Anthology SeriesIn part due to Glee fatigue.
  7. the industry
    Grease: Live Soars in the Ratings, Beating NBC’s Past Two MusicalsA systematic, hydromatic, ultramatic 12.2 million same-day viewers.
  8. grammys 2016
    For the First Time Ever, the West Coast Can Watch the Grammys Live, TooTape delays are so 2015.
  9. the industry
    Scream Queens Is Renewed for a Second Season — Here’s WhyIts anthology format helps. 
  10. backstories
    How James Corden Got Adele to Do ‘Carpool Karaoke’I was like, “Oh my God, that can’t be right. Has someone hacked my email?â€
  11. new show alert
    A Latino Version of Norman Lear’s One Day at a Time Is Coming to NetflixThe new version will be produced by Norman Lear himself.
  12. revivals
    ABC Is Reviving Game-Show Classic $100,000 PyramidGame show … Dick Clark …. word clues.
  13. golden globes 2016
    Why NBC Will Keep Airing the Golden GlobesDespite being shut out by its own awards show, NBC will probably be quite eager to renew its deal for the Globes.
  14. conversations
    Behind AMC’s Post–Mad Men Game Plan“We are not actively talking about the end of The Walking Dead.â€
  15. yuletube
    25 Days of Christmas Is a Gift to ABC FamilyLove of the holidays alone doesn’t explain why the 25 Days of Christmas franchise is so popular with younger audiences.
  16. chat room
    Showtime Boss David Nevins on Growing, Evolving“I think we have more shows that matter than anybody else.â€
  17. shows reborn
    James Franco Is Remaking Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? for LifetimeBecause of course he is.
  18. making a murderer
    Netflix’s Making a Murderer Pilot Is on YouTubeThis is the first time the site has posted its original content for free.
  19. peak tv
    There Were Over 400 Scripted TV Shows on the Air in 2015Nearly twice as many as during the first year of the Obama administration.
  20. the ratings game
    The Wealthy Love Modern Family, Other TV TriviaVulture dove deep into 2015’s Nielsen data, focusing on the quirkier side of the numbers.
  21. ratings gold
    The Wiz Live Struck Ratings Gold for NBCEase on down.
  22. the ratings game
    Confessions of a Nielsen JunkieABC, CBS, and NBC were my teams; their dozens of shows my players; the Nielsen chart the playing field.
  23. the ratings game
    How a TV Show Finds an Audience, in 4 ChartsLet us count the ways.
  24. the ratings game
    The Most Popular U.S. TV Shows in 18 Countries Around the WorldDrop Dead Diva is big in Romania.
  25. the ratings game
    Kurt Sutter, Adam Pally, and More Share Their TV-Ratings Anxiety“The mere process of writing about the topic of ratings has made my stomach turn.â€
  26. the ratings game
    How Hollywood Gossips About Netflix’s Hidden RatingsHollywood insiders are spending more time than they’d care to admit trying to uncover the numbers Netflix seems determined to keep hidden.
  27. the ratings game
    Why the New Era of TV Ratings Means More of Your Favorite Shows Might SurviveMust-See TV has given way to I’ll-Watch-When-I-Want-To TV.
  28. the big game
    Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Following Super BowlSuper!
  29. the industry
    Fox Shuffles Schedule for SpringOh yeah, is New Girl ever going to come back? It is!
  30. the industry
    Will Star Trek Be CBS’s House of Cards?Going boldly where no big broadcast company has gone before.
  31. the industry
    Fall 2015 Is Shaping Up to Be a Season for SettlingExecs have come to realize that it’s almost always possible to do worse these days.
  32. Supergirl Is the Most-Watched Series Premiere of the Fall SeasonIt had the broadest opening of any of the recent wave of superhero-themed TV shows.
  33. exclusive
    Lip Sync Holiday Special Will Star Seth RogenIt’s a Christmas miracle!
  34. Damon Lindelof on Rape Scenes on TV, GOT“Should George R.R. Martin be talking about the sexual violence in Game of Thrones, or should Sansa Stark be talking about it?â€
  35. the industry
    Why AMC Renewed Halt and Catch Fire for S3There’s less of a direct line than ever between ratings and a show’s potential lifespan.
  36. Bob’s Burgers Is Renewed for Two More SeasonsThe show will stay on the air at least through 2018.
  37. the industry
    ABC Family Is Changing Its Name to … Freeform?As part of a rebranding strategy.
  38. chat room
    Phil Rosenthal on Creating His Own Travel Show“[The idea] came from Everybody Loves Raymond.â€
  39. ch-changes
    Damon Lindelof Explains The Leftovers’ ‘Self-Aware’ New Opening Titles“Anytime that something is not connecting, you wonder, Should I change it?â€
  40. chat room
    Damon Lindelof on The Leftovers Season Two’s Stunning, Wordless Opening“This is the beginning of the story.â€
  41. the industry
    Adults Will Play Hide-and-Seek on CBS’s New Reality Show HuntedAdapted from a British series.
  42. Fox and Lee Daniels Are Working on Making an Empire Spinoff a Reality Based on a new character that may be introduced in the second half of this season.
  43. ratings
    The Daily Show: Trevor Noah Debuts to Soft RatingsThat said, they weren’t so much less than Jon Stewart’s before he left.
  44. fall tv 2015
    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Premiere WeekThis is network TV in 2015: Numbers considered dreadful five years ago are now regarded as pretty good.
  45. ratings
    Empire Ratings Crush the Competition (Again)Massive as the Empire open was, it will rank as the first episode of the series not to attract a bigger audience.
  46. life after reality tv
    The Boom Days of Reality TV Are OverAs scripted shows explode, they may be preventing the next Duck Dynasty or Kardashians from emerging.
  47. the vulture tv podcast
    Which Network-TV Shows Have a Pulse This Fall?And which are DOA?
  48. the old-yet-new world order
    The 5 Biggest Fall TV Trends to WatchThe failures could be spectacular.
  49. Last Night’s Emmys Were the Least-Watched EverA lot of people missed out.
  50. renewals
    Season Two of I Am Cait Under Discussion at E!Nothing is yet confirmed.
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