Finale: ‘Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains’ Sunday's number 1 program

The Two-Hour Season Finale of "Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains" Is the Night's Number One Program in Viewers, Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54. "Survivor" Posts Gains in Viewers and Adults

ABC’s ‘Desperate Housewives’ finale finished No. 2 to “Survivor”

ABC Marks its Top Non-Oscar Sunday Since the Beginning of January.  ABC’s “AFV” Wins its Slot in Adults 18-49 for the 4th Time in...

Supreme victory for broadcasters in must-carry case

No news is definitely great news for broadcasters in the case of Cablevision v. FCC. The Supreme Court declined to hear Cablevision’s attack on...

CBS picks up four series, including “Hawaii 5-0”

While the official CBS upfront presentation at Carnegie Hall isn’t until 5/19, the news is out that the network has ordered four new series, including its redux...

DIRECTV to rollout local HD in 16 new markets

DIRECTV will begin the rollout of 16 new HD local-channel markets next month, providing more than 97% of U.S. TV households access to local...

Gannett Broadcasting signs up for Rentrak service

Rentrak Corporation announced that Gannett Broadcasting has signed a deal to utilize Rentrak's StationView Essentials system in its local TV markets. Rentrak claims its...

Moody’s says court triumph would save Dish billions

Reacting to the decision by the Federal Appeals Court in Washington, DC to have the full court hear the arguments of Dish Network against...

NBC bans THR after upfront rehearsal details exposed

Some upfront drama—just before the season really kicked in: Deadline Hollywood reports Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd obtained confidential info about NBC’s upfront presentation at...

FOX Sunday’s animation line-up #1 in Teens, 18-34; Simpsons #1

Sunday night, FOX’s animation line-up led the network to win the night among Adults 18-34 and Teens and rank No. 3 in Adults 18-49.At...

FOX unveils primetime slate for 2010-2011 season; midseason

Peter Rice, Chairman, Entertainment, Fox Networks Group; and Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, will unveil the FOX primetime schedule for the 2010-2011 television season to the ad community during its

NBC winning Saturday night; ‘Law & Order: SVU’ and ‘SNL’ #1

From 8-9 p.m., an encore telecast of "Parenthood" averaged a 0.5/2 in 18-49 and 2.1 million viewers overall.   At 9 p.m., a rebroadcast...

"Friday Night Lights" lights up NBC #1 18-34; ‘Jay Leno’ #1 late-night

At 8 p.m. ET, "Friday Night Lights" (1.3/5 in 18-49, 4.0 million viewers overall) finished within 0.2 of a rating point of the time-period...

NBC announces 2010-11 primetime schedule

Just ahead of its 5/17 upfront presentation in NYC 5/17, NBC announced Sunday its 2010-11 primetime schedule that features five new comedies, seven new...

35th season finale ‘Saturday Night Live’ #1 telecast and a hit online

The 35th season finale of “Saturday Night Live” has delivered the show’s highest metered-market household rating for a season-ender in five years, according to...

NABET-CWA unveils site against NBC Upfront on stalled negotiations

Advertisers preparing to see the big television network’s fall schedules for the first-time this week got a preview of what NBC’s fall lineup could...