Internet company sues for right to retransmit TV programming
Start-up ivi TV launched last week, offering to deliver 27 broadcast TV channels via broadband Internet to subscribers for $4.99 per month. The
NFL Football wins Sunday for NBC
That's a headline we can likely reuse week after week. CBS claimed second place, due in no small part to its own NFL game...
TV coming full circle: Scripted sitcom about a reality show
A group of writers with a set of hot resumes has come together to pen the pilot of a new sitcom offering – “A$PEN...
Sinclair sees Q3 at low end of guidance
Sinclair Broadcast Group has updated its guidance to Wall Street, saying Q3 net broadcast revenues will be at the low end of the guidance...
FOX Sunday encores 'The Simpsons' 'Family Guy' take third place
Last night FOX aired encores of THE SIMPSONS at 7p (1.1/3 with minimal football over-run included), 7:30p (1.4/4) and 8p (2.2/6) followed by encores...
NBC Sunday Night Football, 'Manning Bowl II' ratings winner
15.2 is 5th Best SNF Overnight EverRating Peaked at 17.0 at 9 p.m. ET SNF Again is No. 1 Broadcast of Sunday Night. Despite last night's Colts 38-14 blowout over the Giants in "Manning Bowl II," "Sunday Night Football's" overnight rating was still three percent above
Analyst: Over-the-top video won
Predictions that many consumers will drop cable and satellite TV in favor of over-the-top (OTT) video services like Apple TV and Google TV are being
WNBA Finals
For the second straight year, the audience for the WNBA Finals increased as the Seattle Storm swept the Atlanta Dream in three close games. ...
Saturday NBC: 'The Apprentice' encore; 'SNL' w/ Betty White ruled late night
From 8-10 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "The Apprentice" averaged a 0.5/2 in 18-49 and 1.9 million viewers overall. From its first half-hour...
Friday "Dateline" #1 in adults 18-49; encore 'Outlaw' does well again
From 8-10 p.m. ET, "Dateline NBC" (1.4/5 in adults 18-49, 6.3 million viewers overall) reported its highest Friday rating in 18-49 in 14 weeks...
Friday Late-Night Meter Market ratings: 'Jay Leno' ahead of competition
In Late-Night Metered Markets Friday night: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (2.7/6 in metered-market households) out-delivered CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (2.0/5...
WJLA-TV DC fires veteran anchor Doug McKelway
Albritton’s WJLA-TV (ABC) has fired veteran anchorman Doug McKelway for a verbal confrontation this summer with the station's news director that came after McKelway...
New television season begins on Monday
NBC has nowhere to go but up as the 2010-2011 television season kicks off Monday (9/20). But the network with the fewest holes to fill, CBS,
Premiere: "20/20" wins 10:00pm stands as Friday's No. 1 program
"20/20" (10:00-11:00 p.m.) The season premiere of ABC News' "20/20" won the 10 o'clock hour and stood as Friday's No. 1 program in Total...
'The Bachelor Pad Ends' My Life Begins Again! (review)
There were definitely some great highlights from the finale of Bachelor Pad: (1) the fact that this torturous show is finally over is a...