Monday, June 15, 2026

The Crazies are coming, Brad 'The Bachelor' Loves Everyone (review)

I discovered this week (in case you have not picked this up for yourself), that The Bachelor is far more enjoyable with some alcohol...

Grant awarded to make TV healthy

The Colorado Health Foundation has awarded the producers of "Encrucijada: Sin Salud, no hay Nada" (Crossroads: Without Health, there is Nothing) a planning grant...

Jobless Keith Olbermann sparks CNN speculation

CNN founded the concept of 24-hour cable news, but has since fallen on hard times as Fox News Channel and MSNBC have greatly diminished...

ABC's 'Wipeout' third-place, repeat 'Grey's Anatomy' 4th

Improving the Time Period Against "American Idol," ABC's "Wipeout" Beats Out its Non-"Idol" Competition in the 8pm Hour. ABC is the Only Net to Build...

Idol powers on for Fox

"American Idol" easily defeated the completion again on Thursday and gave Fox the ratings win. Thursday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 5.8/15 2.5/7 2.1/6 1.6/4 1.5/4 1.3/4 Adults 18-34 4.7/14 3.0/9 1.2/4 1.3/4 1.6/5 1.4/4 Total Viewers (millions) 17.213 5.173 9.606 5.179 3.824 3.058 Click here for...

Thursday Late-Night 'Jay Leno and David Letterman' tied

In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.7/7 with an...

Thursday 'American Idol' easy winner 'BONES' solid for Fox

With CBS running mostly repeats Thursday night it is hard to get a true reading on this night for Idol against the Eye net. With...

The CW's 'Nikita' shows upward growth w/ women 18-34

Facing Idol on Fox, The CW's return to originals on Thursday night had its most watched Thursday since 11/4 (3.0M), its best A18-34 (1.4/4)...

Hot rumor: Zucker-Couric reunion

As Jeff Zucker exits NBC Universal and prepares to open his own production office in NYC on Monday, Friday

NBC Thursday stand out was 'The Office' a third-place

At 8 p.m. ET, "Community" (2.2/6 in 18-49, 4.6 million viewers overall) equaled its season high for a regular-slot telecast in 18-49 rating, despite...

Nielsen IPO produces big payoff for executives

The success of the IPO is good news for the company

Goodbye GE, hello Comcast at NBC Universal

Months in the making, the official takeover of NBC Universal by Comcast is effective Friday. General Electric is now a minority shareholder and is

CBS Sports renews PGA through 2019

The PGA of America announced a new, eight-year agreement with CBS Sports to extend broadcast rights of the PGA Championship through 2019. The broadcast...

American Idol strong on Wednesday

Fox easily won the Wednesday night ratings race on the strength of American Idol. Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratings Ratings/Share Adults 18-49 9.2/24 2.1/6 2.1/6 1.5/4 1.4/4 0.4/1 Adults 18-34 7.4/22 1.7/5 1.4/4 1.5/4 1.1/3 0.4/1 Total Viewers (millions) 25.197 6.032 9.855 3.917 4.877 1.234 Click here for more...

Retransmission impasse pits small broadcaster against DirecTV

Northwest Broadcasting, a small privately owned television group with Fox affiliates serving five DMAs has not been able to come to terms with satcaster DirecTV. Northwest CEO Brian Brady says