NYT suggests government has retrans role but takes no sides
The New York Times has seen the biggest retransmission battles of 2010 take place on its home field, and is asking the two parties...
World Series ratings down sans NYC
That's two-fold. There's no New York team in the World Series this year, plus Fox is off three million Cablevision households in the NYC...
ABC gets most-watched Thursday in 5 weeks
Up against Fox’s Game 2 of the 2010 World Series during primetime on the opening night of the November Sweep, ABC stood as the...
WADL-TV Detroit plans unusual election night programming
It’ll be Republicans, Vivaldi, Democrats and Brahms on election night, Tuesday (11/2) on independent WADL-TV Detroit. The station is going with a unique mix...
Fox/Cablevision: Watchdog goes playground in prodding FCC to action
Harold Feld, legal director of media watchdog Public Knowledge, wants the FCC to start protecting consumers, and that means he wants the agency to take an active role in bringing the Fox/Cablevision stalemate to an end. Even if it requires that FCC
Eric McCormack signs for lead role in TNT pilot
Emmy® and Screen Actors Guild Award® winner Eric McCormack (Will & Grace, Who Is Clark Rockefeller?) has signed up to play the lead role...
Strong quarter and strong pacings for Belo
Net revenues rose 17% in Q3 for Belo Corporation to $163.9 million, with political supercharging the recovery in core advertising business. CEO Dunia Shive told analysts that based on current
Fox and Giants win Wednesday
Even with three million households missing in the New York DMA, Fox easily won Wednesday night as the San Francisco Giants won Game One...
Week 5: Broadcast 94, Cable 6
Broadcast had all of the top five this week, with ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” dropping to #6. The weekly number crunch from the Television...
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" draws its biggest audience since June
During the week of October 18, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” saw week-to-week increases in both Total Viewers (1.73 million vs. 1.67 million) and Adults...
"The Talk" premiere week shows growth with Women 25-54
The premiere week of CBS's new daytime talk show, THE TALK, posted impressive growth among women 25-54 on the CBS O&O stations and across...
ABC comedies hit highs against World Series on Wednesday
Wednesday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)Posting strong year-over-year gains against the start of the World Series in viewers (+20% - 7.9 million vs. 6.6 million) and...
Reality shows get their own awards
Reality Rocks Expo says that over 400 programs pursued one type of reality TV format or another between September 2009 and September 2010, and...
CBS set to dance with Paula Abdul on January 4
The new CBS reality-competition series LIVE TO DANCE, which will feature one of the most inclusive talent searches ever on television, will debut with...
"NCIS: Los Angeles," "The Good Wife" score wins in time slots
CBS won its sixth straight Tuesday in viewers and adults 25-54 as NCIS became the first scripted series this season to top 20 million...