'Sunday Night Football' Eagles-Cowboys tied for best in ratings history
NBC's Sunday Night Football, 12/12/10, last night's Eagles-Cowboys game tied the record for the highest overnight rating in the five-year history of "Sunday Night...
Hasbro Studios in European deal with Turner Broadcasting
Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based production and distribution division of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), and Turner Broadcasting, EMEA, have agreed to a programming deal covering...
John King joins the NBA (TV)
NBA TV, the league’s 24-hour network, will premiere its first newsmagazine, True NBA, on Thursday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. (ET). Hosted by CNN's...
Lionsgate shareholders to vote as Icahn bid fizzles
Carl Icahn has dropped his bid to buy out any and all other shareholders of Lionsgate Entertainment for $7.50 per share. The move came a day before Lionsgate
'Saturday Night Live' w/ Paul McCartney dominated the ratings
"Saturday Night Live" (5.3/13 in metered-market households) hosted by Paul Rudd with musical guest Paul McCartney, dominated its time period. "SNL" was the #1...
NBC's annual showing of 'It's A Wonderful Life' scores ratings
From 8-11 p.m., an encore telecast of the 1946 movie classic IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1.2/4 in 18-49, 4.9 million viewers) grew versus its...
Friday 'Dateline NBC' No.2 in 18-49 tied No. 1 25-54
At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Minute To Win It" (1.2/4 in adults 18-49, 4.7 million viewers overall) tied for #1 for...
Friday Late-Night ratings 'Jay Leno and The Tonight Show' winner
In Late-Night Metered Markets Friday night: In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 3.3/8; CBS's "Late Show...
New leader in syndication
The "Family Guy" weekend package moved up to the #1 spot, displacing "Two and a Half Men," in the most recent week, which included...
ACME Communications reports up quarter
ACME Communications was back in black ink in Q3 after just missing in Q2. Net revenues from continuing operations were up 3% to $4.8 million. Revenues from ACME
ABC's 20/20 finished Friday's #1 among Adults 25-54
ABC stood as the #1 network on Friday in Adults 18-49, beating NBC by 8%, CBS by 17% and Fox by 133%. The Net...
'Skating with the Stars' Thrill Week: four remain, three went to hospital
Last week sent Three Contestants to the Hospital and if you are a SWTS fan this week The Pairs are tasked with the Most...
NBA in deal to televise games in 21 African countries
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and CAfrica Sports today announced a new multiyear partnership that will provide fans in sub-Saharan Africa with NBA games...
The Closer coming to a close
The ground-breaking cable drama series “The Closer” will wrap up after one more season. TNT announced Friday (12/10) that the difficult decision to conclude...
Time Warner Cable rolling out SignatureHome
Looks like Time Warner is broadening its consumer offerings in both discounting and bundling. Last month, the company introduced a budget program tier called...