Daytime soap, ‘Days of Our Lives’ renewed for 45th season
NBC has picked up hit daytime drama "Days of our Lives" for its 45th season, keeping the long-running show on the network through the...
Hoops rule the ratings
CBS dominated the TV ratings on Thursday with first round action in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.Thursday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-493.7/112.7/81.6/51.4/41.4/40.6/2Adults 18-343.3/112.7/91.4/51.5/51.0/40.5/2Total Viewers (millions)10.3316.5875.7833.3195.3151.434Click...
FCC opens docket on retransmission change requests
The request from 14 cable companies and organizations for the FCC to amend the retransmission consent rules has reached the stage of a formal...
ABC.com No. 1 site w/ “LOST” No. 1 in streams
ABC.com is the No. 1 Online Broadcast Site for February 2010, Up 24% Over January, with its Largest Unique Viewer Count in 11 Months.ABC.com...
TVB reports that TV ad sales are improving
Q4 numbers from the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) show another negative quarter – but maybe the last one for a while. The organization says current indications point to a positive number for Q1
Carl Icahn bids to buy all of Lionsgate
After the board of directors urged shareholders to reject a bid by Carl Icahn to increase his stake in the TV and movie production/distribution...
‘FlashForward’ surges w/ young adults via DVR playback
Returning to ABC’s Schedule for the First Time in 3-1/2 Months, ABC’s “FlashForward” Outdraws its Non-Sports Competition in its Regular Time Period Opposite Stiff Competition,...
‘Jay Leno’ starting to control Late-Night television, again
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" delivered a 3.9/10 in metered-market households. Other results were: CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (1.4/5 with an...
NBC Thursday starts slow builts w/ ’30 Rock’ and ‘The Marriage Ref’
From 8-8:30 p.m. ET, "Community” (2. 1/7 in 18-49 5.2 million viewers overall) grew week-to-week by 11 percent in 18-49 (2.1 vs. 1.9) and...
ABC’s ‘FlashFoward’ against NCAA held steady adults 18-49
Returning to ABC’s schedule for the first time in 3-1/2 months (since 12/3/09), opposite stiff competition from CBS’ NCAA Basketball Tournament (up year to...
Meredith Vieira cuts a rug w/ ‘Dancing with the Stars’
“Dancing with the Stars” Edition of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” to see host Meredith Vieira cut a rug on the “Millionaire” set....
John Madden to receive ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’
Legendary broadcaster John Madden will receive this year's Lifetime Achievement Award. Madden, the most honored NFL broadcaster of all time with an unprecedented 16...
NBC nominated for 17 sports Emmy’s
In a non-Olympic year, NBC Sports received 17 total Sports Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Live Sports Special for Super Bowl XLIII and the...
How will the LPTVs affect the FCC’s proposed broadband plan?
The Broadband Plan proposed by FCC staff is certainly going to be a debate going on for at least the next year. One of the primary issues will be the proposed “repacking” of the UHF band to free up the
Christiane Amanpour to host ABC’s “This Week”
CNN veteran Christiane Amanpour is joining ABC News as the new anchor of “This Week.” The transition comes after 27 years with CNN.“I am...