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TV Advertising: 'Sunday Night Football' Still Costliest Show
TV Advertising: 'Sunday Night Football' Still Costliest Show
NBC's 'Sunday Night Football' has commanded the most expensive advertising time for two consecutive years.
TV: How Sunday Became TV's Most Expensive Night
TV: How Sunday Became TV's Most Expensive Night
adage.com — Sunday night isn't all about football, with ABC's 'Desperate Housewives' commanding an average of $228,851 for a 30-second ad. (more) TV: How Sunday Became TV's Most Expensive Night
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What TV ads cost: NFL most expensive; Leno least
James Hibberd's The Live Feed — AdAge's Brian Steinberg assembled a very interesting chart showing the current estimated price for a 30-second ad spot on every broadcast TV show on the air.  Among scripted programming, ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" is the most expensive ($240,462), followed by "Two and a Half Men" ($226,635), Fox's "Family Guy" ($214,750) and "The Simpsons" ($201,920). All these prices, by and by, are lower than last year. Some other interesting tidbits:

Cost of an ad on Dollhouse versus other Friday shows.
Whedonesque | a weblog about Joss Whedonhttp://adage.com/article?article_id=139923#fri For those interested in the business and numbers side of things. Given this previous article, you can play with the numbers a bit and see the profit Fox makes per Dollhouse ep. Comes out to $1,803,840 in ad revenue per ep.

GREY'S Most Expensive Scripted 30-Second Ad This Fall
We Love Soaps — NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL is the most-expensive fall program for advertisers for the second year in a row, with a 30-second ad commanding an average of $339,700, according to an Advertising Age survey of media buying firms. GREY'S ANATOMY is the most expensive scripted program. ...

Why Charlie Sheen is a better bet than Jay Leno: TV networks ad prices revealed
The Feed — ... Those are a few of the harsh lessons in the lineup of 30-second ad rates revealed by Ad Age magazine for the network's prime time shows. Among the lowest rates in the top four networks is Jay Leno's 10 p.m. show, which earns a high of $65,678 on Tuesdays and a low $48,803 on Fridays. ...

Ad Prices for SF Shows Vary Widely
Star Trek & Media Science Fiction Blog — Advertising Age has posted estimates for how much a 30-second commercial costs for each network series this fall. Costs for the ten sci-fi and fantasy shows on the networks vary widely. ABC's FlashForward leads the pack, getting $175,724 for each 30 seconds of commercial time. The CW's Supernatural brings up the rear, earning $32,928 for each of its 30 second slots. Here are the estimates for the remaining network sci-fi and fantasy shows: Fringe $120,062 Eastwick $110,558 Heroes $108,675 Ghost Whisperer $78,047 Medium $71,541 Dollhouse $56,370 Vampire Diaries $38,966 Smallville $33,090 It's ...

Dancing with the Stars, Survivor have the most expensive ads among fall reality TV shows
reality blurred — Of the reality shows airing this fall, Dancing With the Stars earns more per 30 seconds than any other show: $178,687 for its performance shows, and $172,570 for its results shows. Those blocks of television are followed by Survivor: Samoa, which earns $152,246 every half minute. That's all according to a report in Advertising Age, which surveyed media buying firms. As much money as that may seem like, it's well below what scripted and sports shows get: The most expensive fall show is Sunday Night Football, which earns $339,700 per 30-second ad, while the rest of the top nine are all scripted ...

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