‘Dancing with the Stars’ grew every half hour Wins Monday for ABC
With season premiere of Dancing with the Stars (most-watched ever) leading into Castle (series highs), ABC delivered a dominant Monday night victory, winning all...
NBC primetime: March 15-21 seeing success w/ scripted programming
Paced by strong ratings from its Thursday comedy lineup opposite NCAA basketball, NBC averaged a 1.9 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49 and 6.1...
IFC to season its lineup with The Onion
That’s right – The Onion (as opposed to the onion), the newspaper that makes no bones about the fact that it is making it all up has a 30-minute program to be called the Onion News Network in the works
Mega stars lineup for ‘The 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards’
Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Lady Antebellum, host Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton & Trace Adkins, and Carrie Underwood are set to perform...
Season to date, NBC ranks #3 18-49; #2 in adults 18-34
NBC averaged a 1.9 rating, 6 share in adults 18-49 and 6.1 million viewers overall for the week of March 8-14. NBC’s primetime performance...
CNN claims ratings win on healthcare vote
CNN is out with ratings numbers from The Nielsen Company for Sunday, when the US House of Representatives voted to approve President Barack Obama’s...
‘Jay Leno’ now dominating late night in metered-market households
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (3.4/9 in metered-market households) led the time period over CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (2.7/7) and ABC's...
‘Chuck’, ‘Trauma’ just keeping pace for NBC
Seems clock may be ticking to a stop for ‘Trauma’ as ‘Law & Order’ still solid and best it will see it 21st season.At...
ABC dominated Monday, FOX ranked No. 3 w/ repeat of ‘HOUSE”
Last night, FOX aired an encore HOUSE (1.7/5) followed by an original 24 that posted a 2.7/7 among Adults 18-49 – the same as...
Phil Johnson dead at 80
WWL-TV (CBS) New Orleans reports the death of former News Director and Assistant General Manager Phil Johnson. He was 80.The station won three Peabody...
TV Guide Network adds content from “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
As TV Guide Network continues to add more original content to its programming line-up, its latest deal is an add-on. It’s teamed up with...
Yager: Retrans can be a win-win for stations and networks
Dividing up the retransmission consent revenue pie has been cast by some as a battle between television networks and their affiliates. But in his
NCAA helps CBS
The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament game ran over into primetime on Sunday and helped set CBS up for a ratings victory.Sunday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults...
ABC #2 Sunday w/ ‘Desperate Housewives’ taking #1 scripted show
ABC Earns No. 2 on Sunday Among Adults 18-49 and Across All Key Women. ABC’s “Thin Ice” Grows from Part 1 to Part 2...
Newspaper goes to bat for TV in spectrum battle
The Dallas Morning News wrote a strong editorial criticizing the FCC’s plans to procure broadband spectrum in the television band, saying that “the FCC threatens to undercut the multibillion-dollar investments that radio and television broadcasting