NBC affiliate abandons the North Pole
Hearst-Argyle’s WPTZ-DT brings NBC programming to the Burlington VT-Plattsburgh NY DMA, but that fact is not made obvious by its city of license. In...
CBS reality/competition 'Live to Dance' featuring Paula Abdul winner
The premiere of LIVE TO DANCE with Paula Abdul won its two-hour time period in viewers, maintaining its audience and demo deliveries throughout the...
Fox Tuesday repeat of 'Glee' closed fourth place
Last night, FOX aired an encore GLEE at 8p (1.7/5) and an original MILLION DOLLAR MONEY DROP at 9p (1.3/3, down -24% vs. its...
ABC Tuesday w/ return of 'V' takes key male demos
ABC Sees Big Year-to-Year Growth with its Midseason Tuesday Drama Premieres.
Returning to the 8pm Hour, ABC's "No Ordinary Family" Grows over its Last Airing...
NBC's themed Couples, 'The Biggest Loser' takes second place
From 8-10 p.m. ET, the premiere of "The Biggest Loser: Couples" (3.3/9 in 18-49, 8.7 million viewers overall) was #1 among ABC, CBS, NBC,...
Tuesday late-night 'David Letterman' inches by 'Jay Leno'
In Late-Night Metered Markets Tuesday night: In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.7/6; CBS's "Late Show...
GE Capital's Michael Chen moves to NBC News
Many broadcasters know Michael Chen as President of the Media, Communications & Entertainment unit of GE Capital. Now Chen is becoming a broadcaster himself.
Chen...
VH1 to premiere six new series in Spring
Spring fever is coming "atchoo" on VH1 with six new series set to premiere in March and April 2011 followed by some summer lovin'...
Late-Night ratings, 'Nightline' No. 1 for first time, ever
"NIGHTLINE" is No. 1 beating 'Jan Leno and David Letterman', season to date among Adults 25-54 and total viewers for the first time since...
17 weeks of football, 'The NFL on CBS' has AFC viewership increases
Football is not just good for Sunday night but good when teams are hot and close only counts in horseshoes. The NFL on CBS...
MGM to distribute Weigel's Me-TV nationally
Weigel Broadcasting has been planning national distribution of its classic television network, Me-TV, since getting all of its programming agreements in place a few...
Big ratings week for NBC
Or, perhaps more correctly, it was a big week for the NFL. With two “Sunday Night Football” games – one delayed to Tuesday –...
Week 15: TeleFutura first week in 2011 No. 2 Spanish-Language network
• TeleFutura started the first week in 2011 as the #2 Spanish-Language network in broadcast prime, beating Telemundo by strong margins among Total Viewers...
Week 15: Univision begins 2011 as #3 ranked broadcast network
• Univision began the first week of 2011 as the #3 ranked broadcast network in overall prime among Adults 18-34 (825,000), beating ABC, CBS...
The usual suspects rule syndication
The holiday-delayed report for the most recent week shows "Two and a Half Men" still #1 in syndicated television. The weekly chart comes from...