Waters ups the ante on Comcast/NBCU comment extension
Perhaps you remember when the Demi Moore character in “A Few Good Men” fails to get satisfaction from the judge after an objection. All she had left after it was turned down was a limp strenuous
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel” is Up Week to Week and growing
“Kimmel” is Growing its Overall Audience for the 3rd Week in a Row with its Largest Total Viewer Performance in Since February “JKL” Tops...
Late-Night Metered Markets Wednesday night it’s ‘Jay Leno’ ranked #1
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (3.0/8 in metered-market households) out-delivered CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (2.4/6 with an encore telecast) and ABC's...
NBC Wednesday repeats; “Minute To Win It” tied for the time-slot win
At 8 p.m., an encore telecast of “Minute To Win It” (1.9/6 in adults 18-49, 5.9 million viewers overall) tied for #1 in the...
Finale ‘Ugly Betty’ finished # 1, ABC growing Wednesday w/ ‘ ‘Modern...
Growing Over its Most-Recent Original, ABC’s “The Middle” Finishes No. 1 at 8:30pm in Adults 18-49, Beating Fox’s Finale of “Human Target”.Building Sharply Opposite...
NBA’s ‘Kobe Bryant’ draws for ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
During the week of April 5, 2010, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live improved over the previous week by 5% in Total Viewers and 22% in...
Panelists confident that TV advertising does have a future
A session in Las Vegas jointly assembled by NAB and the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) looked at where television advertising is heading. What’s...
Political windfalls aren’t always earth-shattering
There is an open US House seat in the Kansas’ 1st District. It has been abandoned by Jerry Moran (R-KS), who is running in...
Fox cleans up with Idol, Glee
In other words, no surprises Tuesday night. NBC and ABC dueled to almost a dead heat for #2 status.Tuesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-496.63.0/82.9/81.7/51.3/40.6/2Adults 18-345.72.2/72.4/71.1/41.3/40.8/3Total...
Tonight Show band gets idolized
Veteran television musical director Rickey Minor, currently head of the band serving Fox megahit series “American Idol,” will be taking over for Kevin Eubanks...
NCAA could opt out of CBS contract
Interim NCAA President Jim Isch is expected to reveal his decisions on tournament expansion and media rights at an executive committee meeting 4/29.Those decisions...
‘American Idol’ and ‘GLEE’ post strong Tuesday performance on FOX
Once again the Top 9 performed on AMERICAN IDOL and posted a 7.3 among Adults 18-49 and dominated its 8-9:30p time period among Adults...
ABC Tuesday lineup “DWTS the Results Show,” “Lost” and “V” solid growth
Building its Tuesday Numbers Year to Year for the 3rd Week in a Row, ABC is Up by 10% in Viewers and by 32%...
MVPDs facing subscription erosion
Over 100M US households get their television from a cable company, a satellite company or a telco. But the trend is not toward the...
"The Tonight Show w/Jay Leno" continues to dominate over ‘Letterman’
In Late-Night Metered Markets Tuesday night: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (3.2/8 in metered-market households) out-rated CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (2.4/6...