TV revenues up 11.2% at News Corporation
Cable was once again stronger for News Corporation, with fiscal Q1 (July-September) revenues up 16.6% to $1.87 billion. But the Television division had a...
Week 6: Broadcast 92, Cable 8
ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” moved back up to the #2 spot, behind only “NBC Sunday Night Football,” in the weekly rankings for all of...
Double digit gains for Nexstar
Q3 revenues were up 21.1% for Nexstar Broadcasting to a record $73.1 million. And even excluding the political windfall revenues were up double digits. Core advertising, excluding political, gained 12%
Fox sets The Chicago Code premiere date
The Chicago Code (formerly titled “Ride-Along”), the distinctive new police drama from critically acclaimed creator Shawn Ryan (“The Shield”), will make its series debut...
Viewers voted for Dancing
The Election Night ratings crown went to ABC, as "Dancing With the Stars" trounced reruns and election coverage.
Tuesday Overnight Nielsen ratings
Ratings/Share
Adults 18-49
2.4/7
2.1/6
2.0/5
1.4/4
1.4/4
0.9/3
Adults 18-34
1.6/5
1.4/4
1.3/4
1.4/4
1.3/4
1.1/3
Total Viewers...
Political hits record at Sinclair Broadcast Group
It may be a mid-term election, but Sinclair Broadcast Group reports that political advertising established a new record for the company this year. Sinclair reported that Q3 revenues were up 16.4%
Cablevision/Fox could spill over on to Comcast/NBCU
Programming properties of News Corp./Fox Television recently came to terms on retransmission contracts with two MVPDs
Stars ready to hit the ice on ABC
When a network has a huge hit show, the obvious question that the programming honchos ask is “How can we duplicate this?” Thus, “Skating...
Perry Sook sees retrans message in election results
As the intrepid pioneer who blazed the trail for broadcasters to collect retransmission consent payments from cable systems, Nexstar
Sinclair Broadcast Group declares special cash dividend
Flush with cash from its recent financial maneuvers and generating strong cash flow, Sinclair Broadcast Group is sending some of that money to its...
Week 6: TeleFutura continues more nightly wins over Telemundo
In the current 2010/11 season, TeleFutura continues to produce more nightly wins over Telemundo during Broadcast Prime (M-Sat 8p-11p, Su 7p-11p) versus the same...
Week 6: Univision beats CBS, CW in overall prime Adults 18-34
Univision finished the week as the #4 ranked broadcast network among Adults 18-34 (1,280,000); beating CBS and CW. Additionally, Univision was the #5 broadcast...
Week 6: FOX moves solidly into second place
FOX dominated the week at No. 1 among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Total Viewers, thanks to strong performances by GLEE’s Rocky Horror episode,...
Charlie O'Donnell dead at 78
“Wheel of Fortune” announcer Charlie O’Donnell died Monday (11/1) of heart failure. He was 78.
O’Donnell’s career dated back to 1958, when he worked with...
TV Land is hot for Hot in Cleveland
Basic cable offering TV Land has had its greatest success with first-run sitcom Hot in Cleveland, starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and...