Lincoln opens on Arkansas TV
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) has no doubt been expecting a spirited challenge for her seat from Republicans in November. However, a spirited charge from within...
‘Jay Leno’s’ second night w/ Sarah Palin beats ‘David Letterman’
Last night Jay Leno got a little help from Sarah Palin and the special opening monologue."The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1.5 rating in...
‘Modern Family’ the Wednesday standout for ABC
ABC’s Replay “Modern Family” is the No. 1 Scripted Show at 8pm In Adults 18-49, Finishing 13% Ahead of NBC’s Original “Mercy”On its First...
NBC’s 2 hour ‘Law & Order: SVU’ pulled better at 10pm
At 8 p.m., “Mercy” averaged a 1.6/5 in adults 18-49 and 6.0 million viewers overall. "Mercy" is #2 among the major networks in the...
Two hour ‘American Idol’ gives Fox Wednesday win
The Girls out shined the Guys as FOX swept the night across all demos last night, dominating the next-highest rated network by +204% among...
CBS #2 Wednesday w/ ‘CSI: NY’ taking first honor at 10pm
"CRIMINAL MINDS" IS WEDNESDAY'S NUMBER ONE SCRIPTED PROGRAM IN VIEWERS AND ADULTS 18-49"CSI: NY" Places First at 10:00 PM in Viewers and Key DemosCBS...
Dish/EchoStar loses another court round to TiVo
A federal appeals court has upheld a contempt citation by a lower court against EchoStar and Dish Network for patent infringement. That puts Dish/EchoStar
Politicians picking sides in WABC-Cablevision showdown
With the midnight Saturday deadline approaching for WABC-TV New York to disappear from Cablevision’s systems unless a new retransmission
AARP bringing Jane Pauley back to NBC’s “Today”
AARP announced that it has teamed up with NBC to have veteran “Today” host Jane Pauley return to the morning TV program with a...
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...