‘Cougar Town’ and ‘Ugly Betty’ help ABC hit #3 for Wednesday
ABC Marks its Strongest Wednesday in 4 Weeks in Viewers and Young Adults. ABC’s “Scrubs” Posts its Best Numbers Since December in Viewers and...
FOX’s ‘American Idol’ #1 built strong lead for ‘Human Target’
FOX won last night across the board, dominating the next highest-rated network by +81% among Adults 18-49, +111% among Adults 18-34, +125% among Teens...
‘Jay Leno’ Wednesday out delivered ‘Letterman ‘ in metered marketes
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (3.5/9 in metered-market households) out-delivered CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (3.1/8) and ABC's "Nightline (3.0/7) and "Jimmy...
NBC’s Wednesday drama, ‘Mercy’ w/ ‘Law & Order SVU’ pace flat
At 8 p.m., “Mercy” averaged a 1.5/5 in adults 18-49 and 6.3 million viewers overall. Week to week, "Mercy" is up 6 percent in...
LIN pacing up strong for Q1
Q4 revenues beat expectations for LIN TV, falling only 3% to $101.1 million, despite a $16.1 drop in political revenues. Excluding political, Q4 was...
LIN CEO: A different view of retrans sharing
Wall Street analysts are asking pretty much every TV group CEO about attempts by the networks to claim a share of retransmission consent revenues...
Jim Tellus dead at 47
WTHR-TV (NBC) Indianapolis reports the sudden death of President and General Manager Jim Tellus at age 47. He died Monday night while attending a...
Bravo picks up 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'
Bravo has these SERIES PICK UPS:MIAMI SOCIAL CLUB (wt)This new docu-series follows Miami's social elite –a glamorous circle where money, hard work, status and...
"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" returns to Bravo; adds 5th night
"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" returns for season 3 with last season's complete cast intact – Kandi Burruss, Lisa Wu Hartwell, NeNe Leakes, Sheree...
'Jessica Simpson' talks about weight and love w/ ‘David Letterman’
Singer Jessica Simpson talks about the media’s speculation about her weight and also addresses questions about her love life, on the LATE SHOW with...
Iger keeping ABC options open
To read some of the headlines, you’d think that Disney CEO Bob Iger had announced plans to get rid of the ABC Television Network....
WISH-TV to debut “Indy Style”
LIN TV’s WISH-TV Indianapolis will premiere a home-brewed one-hour daily, LIVE, local, lifestyle-focused talk show dubbed “Indy Style.” Fresh and in step with today’s...
Meredith exec schools legislators on retransmission
Television group executive Paul Karpowicz fired off a letter to the leaders of each Capitol Hill Commerce Committee explaining the broadcast stance on the retransmission consent
Moody’s expects to see more retrans battles
In the aftermath of the retransmission consent fight in New York which pulled WABC-TV off Cablevision’s systems for 21 hours, Moody’s Investors
Week 24: Broadcast 91, Cable 9
With the Academy Awards on ABC and “American Idol” on Fox dominating the TV ratings, the best cable/satellite networks could do in the past...