Hasta La Creative!

Target and ABC are teaming up for a holiday campaign using characters from three ABC sitcoms — “The Middle,” “Back in the Game” and “Modern Family.”

The networks have experienced a slight improvement in prime-time viewing this fall, but the landscape is still treacherous for new shows, several of which have been pulled after just two episodes.

Broadcast networks have been challenged by a continuing decline in ratings, so marketing executives have left no stone unturned in the pursuit of promotional ideas.

A federal court in Washington blocked one service from streaming the networks’ programs until a copyright infringement lawsuit concludes.

The show’s producers chose a popular television star to follow Seth MacFarlane, who received some harsh reviews.

The deal, which puts new episodes on BET eight days after their initial showing, demonstrates that show owners are willing to consider new models for syndication.

The process of selling commercial time before the start of the 2013-14 season is, so far, following the pace of the 2012-13 season.

After a lackluster 2012-13 season, network television is relying on family related comedies and the supernatural to attract viewers.

A roundup of what worked — and what didn’t — in the 2012-13 television schedules, and what to expect from the coming upfronts.

The network will open the fall season with eight of these series, five of which are comedies, as it tries to build a second comedy night on Tuesday.