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...
"The Biggest Loser: Couples" Tuesday tied #2 for the night at NBC
From 8-10 p.m., "The Biggest Loser: Couples" (3.3/9 in 18-49, 8.3) million viewers overall) scored its highest 18-49 and total-viewer results since February 9. ...
ABC Tuesday, ‘LOST’ and ‘V’ solid performance 18-49
Tuesday Night (8-11pm) With its line-up of DWTS the Results, Lost and V, ABC grew its Tuesday numbers year to year for the 3rd...
Gary Arlen on mobile DTV, new tech at NAB (audio)
Gary Arlen, President of Bethesda, MD-based Arlen Communications, spoke to RBR-TVBR from NAB this week regarding his panel session, “Mobile TV: Ready for Prime Time”; the Pearl Mobile DTV project; and some overall observations about this
Major TV groups to form mobile content service; “Pearl Mobile DTV”
Belo, Cox Media Group, E.W. Scripps, Fox, Gannett Broadcasting, Hearst Television, ION Television, Media General, Meredith, NBC, Post-Newsweek Stations and Raycom Media announced plans to form a standalone JV to develop a new national
NCAA final game beats Idol and Dancing
Duke beat Butler, but CBS was the winner as the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship was last week’s most watched TV program. ABC’s “Dancing With...
Reclaiming TV spectrum far from a done deal
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski made his pitch to broadcasters at the NAB Show to embrace his National Broadband plan and its proposal to reallocate...
46.5M viewed 2010 Masters, CBS Sports' hits record
An estimated 46.5 million viewers (Persons 2+) watched all-or-part of CBS Sports' weekend coverage of the 2010 Masters® according to Nielsen Media Research. The...