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data-file-height="69" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline;" class="country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">Futon Media</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Ford_Sullivan" title="Brian Ford Sullivan">Brian Ford Sullivan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thefutoncritic.com">thefutoncritic<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">January 14, 1997<span class="noprint">; 27 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1997-01-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Futon Critic</b></i> is a website that provides articles and information regarding prime time programming on <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_programming" title="Broadcast programming">broadcast</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable networks</a> in the United States. The site publishes <a href="/wiki/Review" title="Review">reviews</a> of prime time programming and interviews of people in the television industry, as well as republishing <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a> data reports and press releases provided by television networks. <i>The Futon Critic</i> was founded by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Ford_Sullivan" title="Brian Ford Sullivan">Brian Ford Sullivan</a> in 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Futon_Critic&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brian Ford Sullivan, CEO of Futon Media, registered <i>The Futon Critic</i> on January 14, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-Trademark_Status_and_Document_Retrieval_'Futon_Critic'_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trademark_Status_and_Document_Retrieval_'Futon_Critic'-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Miller2010_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From its founding, the site has published <a href="/wiki/Review" title="Review">reviews</a> on prime time programming, as well as interviews its staff conducted with members of the television industry.<sup id="cite_ref-Lacey2007_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lacey2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site also contains sections of articles dedicated to republishing <a href="/wiki/Press_release" title="Press release">press releases</a>, network schedules and <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">Nielsen ratings</a> data, which have been cited by articles on websites such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huffington Post">The Huffington Post</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/TV_by_the_Numbers" title="TV by the Numbers">TV by the Numbers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Harnick2012_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harnick2012-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Seidman2009a_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seidman2009a-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Seidman2009b_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seidman2009b-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its publications of Nielsen ratings data have also been used as a resource by institutions such as the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Colorado_Boulder" title="University of Colorado Boulder">University of Colorado Boulder</a> and <a href="/wiki/Temple_University" title="Temple University">Temple University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Couture_'Finding_Nielsen_Ratings'_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Couture_'Finding_Nielsen_Ratings'-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Temple_University_Libraries2014_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Temple_University_Libraries2014-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Sullivan appeared on <a href="/wiki/WGN_(AM)" title="WGN (AM)">WGN</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Nick_Digilio_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="The Nick Digilio Show">The Nick Digilio Show</a></i> to discuss television and the <a href="/wiki/61st_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="61st Primetime Emmy Awards">Emmy nominations of the year</a> on behalf of the site.<sup id="cite_ref-Los_Angeles_Times2009_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Los_Angeles_Times2009-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, Sullivan announced a new section of their site dedicated to tracking the availability of programming on <a href="/wiki/Digital_distribution" title="Digital distribution">digital distribution</a> platforms, to be launched in August of the same year. He also announced the production of a television pilot to be released onto the section sometime after its launch; entitled <i>.comEDY</i>, it was pitched as a comedic look at the effects of the <a href="/wiki/Dot-com_bubble#The_bubble" title="Dot-com bubble">dot-com bubble burst</a> around <a href="/wiki/Silicon_Valley" title="Silicon Valley">Silicon Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Miller2010_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Miller2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The site ceased publishing original reviews and interviews in early 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2024<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Futon_Critic&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the site no longer posts 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