Citadel-DirecTV retrans talks in extra innings
Citadel Communications extended retransmission consent for three Midwestern network affiliates for 13 hours as negotiations continued with DirecTV. The threatened cutoff at midnight Wednesday,...
Week March 22: ABC’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ audience increases
During the week of March 22, 2010, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live saw week-to-week increases of 10% in Total Viewers and 22% in Adults 18-49. ...
No retrans agreement for Citadel and DirecTV
As previously reported, KLKN-TV (ABC) Lincoln, NE was due to be pulled from DirecTV’s local-to-local service at midnight Wednesday unless there was a new agreement on retransmission consent payments – and as the minutes were ticking down
SyFy gets real on Thursdays
NBC Universal’s Syfy celebrates Summer 2010 with its first ever Thursday night reality bloc (Mary Knows Best and Paranormal Investigators); new scripted series (Haven)...
TV One into positive EBITDA
As only a part owner of TV One, Radio One doesn’t provide much detail about the cable channel in its financial reports. However, in...
Week 27: Broadcast 91, Cable 9
The “Life” series on Discovery continued to be the biggest ratings draw among cable/satellite network programming, claiming cable’s only two spots in the top 50 for the 18-49 demo last week for all of television
Auditor switch for Media General
Media General announced that the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors has engaged Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the company’s new independent...
Tuesday winner? Idol of course
Ratings juggernaut "American Idol" delivered Tuesday for Fox, while ABC still scored well with the first elimination show of "Dancing With the Stars."Tuesday Overnight...
ABC’s surging year by 2.5 million viewers
Surging Year to Year by 2.5 Million Viewers and by 57% in Adults 18-49, ABC Marks its Strongest Tuesday in 2 Months in Viewers...
Gray Television amends loan, delays annual report
Gray Television announced a deal with its senior lenders to amend its senior credit facility to give the company some breathing room. Because of those now-concluded negotiations, Gray has informed the SEC that its annual 10-K filing will be a bit delayed
Raycom’s Hawaii TV triple play still under review
Former US Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) wrote a second letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski asking for a review of the agreement between Raycom and MCG Capitol that brings together three television stations in the Honolulu HI market
CNN tops MSNBC in Q1
For Q1 2010, CNN reports it outperformed MSNBC in both total day (M-Su/6a-6a) and nearly doubled MSNBC during the day (M-F/9a-5p) among total viewers...
Easy 'FOX' Tuesday win w/ ‘American Idol’ 2 hours, straight #1
The Top 10 performed on AMERICAN IDOL last night, drawing a 7.5/21 among Adults 18-49 and easily winning the night among Adults 18-49, Total...
ABC's ‘Dancing w/ the Stars’ & ‘Lost’ comfortable #2 Tuesday win
Tuesday Night (8-11pm) With its Tuesday line-up of Dancing with the Stars the Results, Lost and V, ABC place a solid #2 on the...
Late-Night Metered Markets Tuesday night was ‘Jay Leno’
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (3.2/8 in metered-market households) out-rated CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (2.6/6) and ABC's "Nightline (3.0/7) and "Jimmy...