The Walking Dead

Albert Fried & Company Director of Research Rich Tullo was not surprised by the Washington Post's report that live TV viewing declined during the fourth quarter. "I am glad that Nielsen and half the firms on Wall Street have finally caught on to what we've been saying all along...

When it comes to your emergency savings fund, have you set aside some money in preparation for a real emergency? For instance, when the zombie apocalypse hits, will you be ready? One of the key possessions you should have on hand is a zombie survival kit. Putting one together requires quite a...

Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA) stunned investors Wednesday when it was revealed that the company offered to acquire Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) for $80 billion. The deal (which valued Time Warner at $85 per share) was ultimately rejected, but that didn't stop investors from buying the...

TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) Media Research, along with Albert Fried, recently conducted a 15,000-person survey. The results from that survey showed that, perhaps unsurprisingly, about 91 percent of respondents binge-watch television. Albert Fried released a note on Wednesday, listing the top 10 most...

Game of Thrones is one of the most popular shows on cable, earning an average of six million viewers for the first airing of new episodes. That number rises with each repeat airing, along with online streams from Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO Go. Peer-to-peer downloads greatly increase the total...

Sporting a Space Invader holiday sweater, Chris Hardwick, founder of Nerdist Industries, better known as host of both AMC's The Talking Dead and Comedy Central's new gameshow @midnight, appeared on CNBC's Squawk Box Tuesday morning to discuss the unique format of his “after show” for The Walking...

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) provides its subscribers with an all-you-can-eat platform for streaming video. But what if viewers are only hungry for the latest episode of AMC's (NASDAQ: AMCX) The Walking Dead? Should they pay $8 a month for Netflix, which will not have the latest episodes until after the...

Historically, Halloween was a time when regular network television series gave a passing nod to the popular holiday with perennial “Trick or Treat” episodes. Cable channels dusted off their stash of old horror flicks and viewers enjoyed such offerings as Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) owned, Syfy...

Low Winter Sun, the latest drama from AMC (NASDAQ: AMCX), isn't merely another Detroit 1-8-7. Viewers may remember that latter series as an ill-fated cop show from Disney (NYSE: DIS) and ABC. While it had a notable fan base (IMDb readers gave it a 7.3 out of 10; TV.com readers awarded it with a...

Consumers have a lot of choices these days when it comes to television programming. Cable providers and satellite providers have been duking it out for years; now AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) are in the game with offerings of their own. Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) and DirecTV (NYSE:...