Two television stations fined for children’s ad violations
Broadcasters are limited to a certain amount of advertising time when children’s programming is being aired, and none of the characters in the programming may be in any of the advertising. Two stations found out what happens when a
Bright House Networks offering 2010 Masters in 3D
Bright House Networks is carrying the Augusta National Golf Club’s 2010 Masters golf tournament in 3D. Bright House is offering its digital HD customers...
KBTV Fox 4 scores exclusive rights for Lamar University Athletics
Lamar University and Nexstar’s KBTV-TV FOX 4 Beaumont, TX have signed a deal where FOX 4 was granted exclusive television rights for live broadcasts...
CW’s freshman hit ‘The Vampire Diaries’ #4, Solid w/ young demos
The CW’s freshman hit THE VAMPIRE DIARIES scored dramatic week-to-week gains, with increases of 32% in women 18-34 (2.5/8), 20% in adults 18-34 (1.8/6),...
Thursday victory to CBS
CBS won all night long as "Survivor," "CSI" and "The Mentalist" all won their time slots for the Eye Net.Thursday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-493.6/112.5/81.7/51.4/41.4/41.3/4Adults...
Masters Delivers Most-Viewed Golf Telecast in Cable History
ESPN’s live coverage of the 2010 Masters Tournament on Thursday, April 8 (4-7:38 p.m. ET), generated an average of 4,936,000 viewers (based on fast nationals)...
Americans tell pollsters that TV commercials are too loud
A new poll conducted by Adweek Media and Harris Poll finds that a significant number of US citizens notice the volume ramping up on their television set when the regularly scheduled programming goes
FOX grabs 2nd place Thursday, “BONES” solid
With originals of BONES and FRINGE last night, FOX ranked No. 2 for the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens and No....
CBS sweeps Thursday w/ ‘Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains’ and ‘CSI’
Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains; CSI and The Mentalist all posted week-to-week increases, leading CBS to its fourth consecutive Thursday victory in viewers and key...
‘Jay Leno’ continues winning over ‘David Letterman’ in Late-Night
In Late-Night Metered Markets Thursday night: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (3.2/8 in metered-market households) topped CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (2.1/6...
NBC Thursday repeat line-up; ‘The Office’, ‘30 Rock’ hit 4th position
From 8-8:30 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Community” averaged a 1.2/4 in 18-49 and 3.4 million viewers overall in a time period that...
Groups renew “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!”
Seven ABC O&O stations have renewed top-performing syndicated shows “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” for two years beyond their current contracts. CBS Television Distribution...
Conan O’Brien ready to take the stage
He can’t return to television until this fall, under his severance deal with NBC, but Conan O’Brien is getting back in the public eye with a stage show that begins a nationwide tour on Monday. First stop: Eugene, OR. As you would expect, being ground zero for
Watchdogs want an FCC Comcast/NBCU road show
A consortium of public interest watchdogs with a high degree of interest in communications issues are asking FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski to make
Another Wednesday win for Fox
As expected, "American Idol" led the way as Fox won the ratings game for another Wednesday. But over at CBS, "The New Adventures of...