#TheDailySpin: A focus group coordinator’s worst nightmare—Melissa McCarthy
Thankfully for Hidden Valley marketers, it’s only an SNL skit. Meanwhile, MTV undergoes a makeover; social media ranks fall’s most buzzed about TV; butter tax; patent wars; f*** famine; and more.

Seems MTV had better luck with its focus groups of millennials and what they’re looking for in entertainment as the network gives itself a makeover.
Despite its demographic testing, not a single MTV program found its way onto the list(s) of the most buzzed-about fall shows according to social media … according to Advertising Age … according to Nielsen, Trendrr.tv, and GetGlue. In fact, CBS and ABC dominated the field.
And while some new shows are just building their audiences, a TV classic might be bulldozing its own. Seems a money dispute could bring about the end of “The Simpsons,” currently in its 23rd season.
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