More than 18 million watched
The organizers haven’t yet announced how much money was raised by Friday’s (9/10) “Stand Up To Cancer” (SU2C) telethon, but The Nielsen Company says...
Hollywood unions prepare for contract negotiations
Negotiations will begin later this month on new contracts for TV and movie actors with the major Hollywood studios. What
Lifetime Television greenlights original movie
Lifetime Television has green lit the original movie Unanswered Prayers, based on the popular Garth Brooks song of the same name that debuted at...
FCC poised to act on TV white spaces
The chunks of spectrum between television channels are poised to become the wild wild west of wireless, as the FCC gets set to address the issue at its
Jennifer Lopez likely next American Idol judge
As we reported when it was just a rumor, Jennifer Lopez – JLo as most call her – has scored a $12 million American...
"Wheel" back on top of syndication
As summer fades, audiences seem to be drawn back to "Wheel of Fortune" and it has indeed jumped back to the #1 spot in...
NBC tackles the Sunday competition
"Sunday Night Football" is back and that means NBC owns Sunday night. Fox was second, largely due to its own NFL run-over into primetime.Sunday...
CBS renews the Tony Awards for three years
The Tony Awards have aired on CBS for the past 32 years and that’s not changing anytime soon. The Eye network announced a three-year...
Sen. Sherrod Brown questions NFL television blackout policy
The National Football League has maintained a rule which forces footballs games off of local television in the event that they have failed to...
NBC 'Sunday Night Football' 'Cowboys vs. Redskins' massive winner
Best SNF Overnight Ever; 16.6 For Last Night's Game Up 24% Over Last Year's Opening SNF GameBACK TO FOOTBALL: Two-Game Average of 17.1 Best...
NBC Saturday's 'Parenthood' was #1; 'SNL' w/ 'Peyton Manning' #1
At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Parenthood" averaged a 0.6/2 in 18-49 and 2.1 million viewers overall. This is NBC's top 18-49...
NBC's two-hour edition of Dateline No. 1 Friday
From 8-9 p.m. ET, NBC carried "Stand Up To Cancer" as sustaining programming that will not be counted in nightlong or weeklong averages. "Stand...
Forget about a captive audience: How about a captive cast
The production company is Doin' Time Entertainment LLC, and the cast is drawn from Indiana’s Putnamville Correctional Facility. The show is “Inmates With Talent,”...
Common Sense joins major media to educate parents
Comcast, Cox Communications, DIRECTV, NBC Universal, and Time Warner Cable are kicking in $40M worth of airtime to children’s watchdog Common Sense Media as...
Finale: 'Bachelor Pad' winners are crowned
On the Season Finale of ABC's "Bachelor Pad," MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET), three couples remain, but who will walk away with $250,000?...