Live-blogging from the NBC Upfront at Radio City Music Hall, “The Hollywood Reporter” noted today that the network elected to not have a conference call with the press ahead of its presentation for the first time in Upfront recorded history. NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said they would leverage “The Voice” and football to launch new shows such as “The Blacklist,” which has been given the same post-“Voice” slot “Revolution” received last year. Otherwise, the network rolled out the usual assortment of upcoming shows, including the much-anticipated “Michael J. Fox Show,” J.J. Abrams’ “Believe,” and Sean Hayes’ “Sean Saves the World.” Overall, THR called the event “not dazzling but efficient and a huge improvement from last year’s endless debacle.”

At its upfront this afternoon, Ad Age reports, Fox will expound on its attempts to break from the traditional 22-episode season of broadcast television. To that end, the network will stagger its launch premieres throughout the year, resisting the current September/January premiere model. It will also unveil a special 12-episode mini-season of the runaway Keifer Sutherland hit “24,” likely premiering in May. Fox has several high-profile new series on the slate in an attempt to recapture the coveted 18-49 viewership from CBS, including Seth MacFarlane’s “Dads,” Andy Samberg’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” and yet another J.J. Abrams vehicle, the robot-cop show, “Almost Human.”

Adweek reports Telemundo’s upfront presentation for reporters last week was all about taking market shares away from its No. 1 competitor Univision. It has some pretty impressive stuff lined up to facilitate the achievement of that goal, including the Ryan Seacrest-produced “Superstar Showdown,” five primetime novellas, and the new studio Fluency. Judging by Friday’s conference call preceding today’s upfront for rival Univision, Telemundo will have its work cut out for it. That call was all about Univision re-asserting its dominance with impressive statistics, and backing it up with a high-octane slate of new shows including “Metastasis,” based on FX’s “Breaking Bad,” and plenty of telenovas of its own.

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