Michael Riley gets ABC Family
Radio Disney Sr. VP/GM Michael Riley is returning to television. He’s the new President of ABC Family, filling the vacancy created when Paul Lee...
Tribune TV stations launching classic TV rerun channel
Come January 3, 2011 Tribune Broadcasting’s TV stations will carry Antenna TV on DTV multicast channels. The name is new, but the shows will...
Suspect charged in murder of Kansas City TV news staffer
Scripps’ KSHB-TV (NBC) Kansas City reports that a 20-year-old man has been charged with the July murder of NBC Action News evening assignment editor...
Block deal for Outdoor Channel
Sunday afternoons will feature lots of archery on Outdoor Channel, with Horton Archery signing on as charter sponsor of a new three-hour block of...
Emmys win Sunday for NBC
Ratings were down slightly from a year ago, but the Emmy awards still carried NBC to victory on Sunday night.Sunday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-493.1/93.0/91.7/51.1/30.6/2Adults...
NBC broadcast of 62nd annual Emmy Awards scores a win
NBC's telecast of "The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy(r) Awards" has scored the highest adult 18-49 rating, excluding sports, for any telecast on any network...
NFL pre-season game 3 delivered for FOX Sunday ranked No.2
Last night, FOX ranked No. 2 for the night among Adults 18-49 and No. 1 in Adults 18-34 (tie) and all key male demos. ...
'Big Brother' bests Sunday in viewers and 18-49 for CBS
Against Increased Competition, "Big Brother" Posts Gains Over Last Week in Viewers, Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34BIG BROTHER posted its best Sunday deliveries in...
Cable dominated Emmy Awards
Cable’s HBO and AMC were the big winners at Sunday’s 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. For the broadcast networks, ABC and CBS won the most...
Time Warner, Walt Disney come to carriage terms
There will be no disruption of service to Time Warner Cable subscribers in regards to programming supplied by ESPN and ABC Television parent Walt Disney Company. The two media giants are said to have an agreement on a new carriage contract
NBC Saturday 'Law & Order CI' solid; 'SNL' encore winner
At 8 p.m. ET, "Persons Unknown" is currently averaging a 0.8/3 in 18-49 and 3.0 million viewers overall, though significant adjustments are expected in...
NBC Friday w/ 'Dateline NBC' held its time slot
At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Who Do You Think You Are" is currently averaging a 0.9/4 in 18-49 and 3.6 million...
Friday ratings in Late-Night programming in Metered Markets
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (2.5/6 in metered-market households with an encore telecast) out-delivered CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (2.4/6 with an...
Time Warner, Disney battle on one issue, ally on another
Contentious negotiations on the costs system operator Time Warner Cable will pay for pricy programming from Walt Disney Co., notably its ESPN suite of channels, continue to drag on with both
'Bachelor Pad' insecurities, Lies and Cold Truth
On episode four of ABC's "Bachelor Pad," 13 contestants continue vying for a shot at $250,000 and a second chance at love. This week,...