‘Dateline NBC’ #2 Sunday behind Barbara Walters special
From 7-8:30 p.m., "Dateline NBC" averaged a 1.3/4 in 18-49 and 5.8 million viewers overall. In the 7-8 p.m. hour, "Dateline" is currently #2...
Media watchdogs object to negotiation hostage taking
Members of the watchdog community are not objecting so much to negotiations between cable operators and programmers – but they are objecting to
Conservative watchdog goes after Dems over HCR
The ongoing battle over health care reform continues to provide ample motivation for political groups to open their wallets, and the latest to jump...
FOX Sunday #2 w/ ‘The Simpsons’ & ‘Family Guy’
Against the Academy Awards last night, FOX aired encores of THE SIMPSONS at 8p (2.0/5) and 830p (2.2/5) and FAMILY GUY at 9p (2.7/6)...
Specials and ‘Oscar’ deliver Sunday night for ABC
Oscars based on the Household Metered Market ratings in 56 U.S. markets:Academy Awards Average: From 8:30-11:39pm (the Nielsen end-time is based on the conclusion...
Brooke Burke is new “Dancing With the Stars” co-host
Model Brooke Burke won season seven of “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC. Now she’s returning as co-host for season ten.Tom Bergeron, who has...
Disney keeps “Alice” in the ABC Family
Fresh from its theater opening as the biggest 3D movie debut ever, “Alice in Wonderland” is heading to television – but not until 2012....
NBC’s Saturday encore line-up holds; ‘SNL’ w/ Vampire Weekend #1
From 8-9 p.m., an encore telecast of Tuesday's debut of PARENTHOOD (0.8/3 in 18-49, 3.3 million viewers overall) scored NBC's top non-sports results in...
‘Dancing with the Stars’ new co-host is Brooke Burke
ABC has announced “Dancing with the Stars” Season Seven champion Brooke Burke as the new celebrity co-host alongside Tom Bergeron for the Spring 2010...
WABC-TV off Cablevision for less than a day
The midnight Saturday deadline came and WABC-TV was pulled off of Cablevision’s three million plus subscribing households. But just after 9:00 pm Sunday – in the middle of the Academy Awards broadcast on ABC – a deal was struck and
Breaking; WABC-TV restored to Cablevision
Cablevision announced during the Academy Awards broadcast that it had reached a retrans deal and restored WABC-TV New York to its cable systems.
Cablevision ABC-free in retrans fight
Some three million plus households in the New York market were without the Academy Awards broadcast – and all other ABC programming – on Sunday as the deadline of midnight Saturday came without a new retransmission consent agreement
Latest on WABC-Cablevision retrans dispute
About 15 hours after her station was removed from Cablevision systems, WABC-TV Vice President and General Manager Rebecca Campbell issued this statement:“We have sent...
Gator Bowl moves back to cable
Having already nailed down all five Bowl Championship Series (BCS) games, ESPN has further expanded its bowl game domination with a deal to broadcast...
WABC-TV pulled from Cablevision
There was no new contract, so at midnight Saturday WABC-TV New York disappeared from Cablevision systems. Now the retransmission consent battle enters a new phase. “Cablevision betrays their customers again. First HGTV and Food Network