Ron Scalera dead at 49
CBS reports that Ron Scalera, Executive Vice President and Creative Director of the CBS Marketing Group, died suddenly on Wednesday, April 21 in Los...
Cartoon Network holds 2010 upfront
Cartoon Network unveiled a substantial new lineup of content 4/21 at its annual upfront presentation at Time Warner Center in NYC. Delivering on its...
One TV station, four programs, 90 seconds, $8 thousand dollars
Commercials on children’s programs featuring products which have program stars on the packaging, or the depiction a character-laden website, present fertile ground for running...
Fisher to manage "The Daily Buzz"
ACME Television LLC, a unit of ACME Communications, announced that it has entered into a license and consulting agreement with Fisher Communications. Under the...
Q2 pacings a lot like Q1 for Media General
After reporting Q1 results at Media General, CEO Marshall Morton told analysts that Q2 is currently pacing to look a lot like Q1.“Broadcast revenues...
Fox claims easy Tuesday win
"American Idol" and "Glee" rolled over the competition Tuesday night, giving Fox an easy victory in the ratings.Tuesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-496.0/163.2/92.8/81.7/51.3/40.4/1Adults 18-345.4/162.4/72.2/71.0/31.3/40.4/1Total Viewers...
ABC building Tuesday, ‘Dancing With The Stars’ 2nd most-watched at 8pm
Building its Tuesday Results Year to Year for the 4th Straight Week, ABC Surges Over the Year-Ago Night by 1.5 Million Viewers and by...
Cable organization applauds FCC retransmission proceeding
The American Cable Association, which serves the needs of smaller cable operators, is all for FCC intervention in the retransmission negotiation process, where operators and television station
Fox's ‘American Idol’ rock-solid #1, ‘GLEE’ does well
On a highly competitive night, this season’s first one-hour AMERICAN IDOL performance show and the Madonna-themed episode of GLEE led FOX to win the night across all demos and beat the next highest-rated network by +88% among Adults 18-49
ABC’s live ‘Dancing With the Stars’ finished comfortable #2
Tuesday Night (8-11pm) ABC’s Tuesday line-up of DWTS the Results Show, Lost and V, continued to deliver impressive year-to-year returns, as the Net was...
NBC's ‘The Biggest Loser’ improved; renewed ‘Parenthood’ takes second at 10pm
From 8-10 p.m., "The Biggest Loser: Couples" (3.3/9 in 18-49, 8.4 million viewers overall) matched its highest 18-49 rating since February 9 and amassed...
TV Land greenlights early retirement sitcom
TV Land announced that it has greenlit 10 episodes of the original sitcom "Retired At 35" starring actor George Segal. The sitcom is a...
Estrella TV reaches 75% penetration of US Hispanic TV households
Liberman Broadcasting Inc. (LBI Media) announced the addition of an affiliate in the Palm Springs, CA market. That takes the new Estrella TV network’s...
TV revenues gain, print still down for Media General
Media General proudly announced operating income of $8.7 million for Q1, compared to a loss of $11.6 million a year ago. That came from...
Interest group takes on MSNBC over ad rejection
Revere America, a public interest group headed by former New York Governor George Pataki (R) which tries to promote freedom and a free market, attempted to place an add opposing health care reform on cable news network ... RBR-TVBR observation: We’ve seen this go the other way. If the content of the ad is lawful (not indecent, not inflammatory), we believe it should be run.