Saturday, July 4, 2026

Cablevision and WABC continue PR battle

Each side is trying to claim the moral high ground as Cablevision heads toward a deadline of midnight Saturday to come to terms with WABC-TV New York for retransmission consent or remove the ABC Network flagship from its cable systems

Easy win for Fox

"American Idol" dominated Tuesday and gave Fox the ratings win, while NBC's debut of "Parenthood" was only OK.Tuesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-498.6/113.3/93.1/82.5/71.4/40.3/1Adults 18-347.1/202.1/62.4/72.3/71.4/40.3/1Total Viewers...

Week 23: Broadcast 88, Cable 12

The highest rated cable show last week was a familiar one, “WWE Entertainment” on USA, claiming the #35 spot for all of television in the weekly number crunch of data from The Nielsen Company for both broadcast and cable by the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB). In all, cable put a dozen shows in the top 100

Uphill slog for Kudlow to US Senate

There are many people of the Republican and/or conservative persuasion who would love to see somebody new come to Washington and sit in the...

Tuesday, ‘The Tonight Show w/Leno’ betters ‘Letterman’ in 18-49 demo

"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1.6 rating in adults 18-49) led the time period over CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman" (1.0) and...

ABC Tuesday flexes 18-49 demos with ‘LOST’

ABC is Up from the Year-Ago Tuesday in Adults 18-49 for the 5th Straight Week. Shooting Up from its Lead-in and Growing Throughout its...

‘NCIS’ and ‘NCIS: LA’ solid #2 Tuesday; strong demos

"NCIS" ROARS BACK WITH NEARLY 20 MILLION VIEWERS OPPOSITE TWO-HOUR "AMERICAN IDOL""The Good Wife" Wins its Time Period in Viewers and Adults 25-54, Topping...

FOX’s ‘American Idol’ #1 Tuesday, holds 96% of audience

The top 10 boys competed on AMERICAN IDOL, posting an 8.6/22 among Adults 18-49. Compared to last week’s performance on Tuesday, AMERICAN IDOL held 96% of its audience among Adults...

‘The Biggest Loser: Couples’ #2 in time slot; ‘Parenthood’ disappoints

From 8-10:01 p.m., "The Biggest Loser: Couples" averaged a 3.1/8 in 18-49 and 8.2 million viewers overall.  "Biggest Loser" ranked #2 in its highly...

ABC’s ‘LOST’ solid #3 on Tuesday

Tuesday Prime (8-11pm):  ABC grew over the year-ago Tuesday for the 4th week in a row, gaining 9% among Adults 18-49 (2.5/7 vs. 2.3/6...

MLB and FBN in talent and news sharing deal

MLB Network and Fox Business Network (FBN) announced a talent and news-sharing partnership to bring viewers baseball and market updates over the course of...

"Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento" begins second season

The hit talent show, “Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento” returned to Estrella TV in primetime this week for its second season. From the season premiere...

TiVo vows that new DVR box will “rule them all”

TiVo Inc. announced the launch of its TiVo Premiere and TiVo Premiere XL boxes, declaring that each of the new DVRs “elegantly combines access...

Mega TV to debut "El Vacilon" comedy variety show

Spanish Broadcasting System announced that its television division, Mega TV, will premiere "El Vacilon", a new comedic variety show which will be produced by...

‘Late Show w/Letterman’ Mitt Romney talks how he broke his hair (video)

MITT ROMNEY TALKS ABOUT HIS RECENT PLANE FLIGHT ALTERCATION, RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2012 AND SARAH PALIN, ON CBS’S “LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN,”...