Fox’ ‘American Idol’ comes in behind NBC’s ‘Olympics’
Last night’s, Thursday 2/25/10, AMERICAN IDOL Thursday Results Show posted a 6.4/17 and drew 17.8 million total Viewers, dominating the Vancouver Olympics telecast by...
Rihanna, Justin Bieber to perform at Nick's Kids' Choice Awards
Rihanna and teen pop star Justin Bieber will perform live at Nickelodeon's 23rd Annual Kids' Choice Awards hosted by actor/comedian Kevin James, from UCLA's...
Showtime launches interactive HD with FiOS
CBS Corporation’s Showtime Networks announced that it is teaming with Verizon’s FiOS TV to launch the first nationwide, high-definition interactive television application (iTV) using...
Donovan questions FCC focus on TV spectrum
Saying that television broadcasters are sitting on a mere 5.1% of “beachfront” spectrum, Association of Maximum Service Television President David Donovan wondered why the...
‘General Hospital’ No. 1 daytime program in women 18-34
ABC is Daytime’s No. 1 Network in Women 18-34 and Women 18-49“General Hospital” is the No. 1 Daytime Program in Women 18-34 the Week,...
Big year ahead for Univision
Univision Communications doesn’t provide financial guidance to Wall Street, but as they reported revenue gains for Q4, company executives were upbeat about 2010. Local...
NBC’s ‘Olympics’ Wednesday; 67 million watch in excitement
177 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE WATCHED THE OLYMPICS ON THE NETWORKS OF NBC UNIVERSAL THROUGH 13 DAYS24.9 Million Average Audience; More Than 4 Million More...
‘Nightline’ #1 among total viewers; outperforming ‘Letterman’
ABC News’ “Nightline” was No. 1 among Adults 25-54, Adults 18-49, and Total Viewers, outperforming CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” for the week...
Idol beats Olympics again
"American Idol" proved its ratings invincibility again on Wednesday, carrying Fox to a win over NBC's Vancouver Olympics coverage.Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-498.6/235.2/141.5/41.4/41.3/40.3/1Adults 18-347.4/223.6/111.0/31.2/31.3/40.3/1Total...
Comcast/NBCU aired out once again
The proposed merger of Comcast and NBCU is either one of the greatest things for consumers imaginable, or the worst. It’s great for diversity,...
NBC to air Olympic hockey live
Ticked-off hockey fans are finally going to have Olympic hockey broadcast live in all time zones. NBC Universal will air Friday’s semi-final match between...
FOX’s ‘American Idol’ bested NBC's Olympics Wednesday
As the field narrows, FOX’s AMERICAN IDOL once again was the highest-rated and most-viewed program of the night across all demos last night, outperforming...
Cablevision to deploy networked DVRs everywhere
Having won a court battle with major TV content companies, Cablevision is now ready to deploy its networked digital video recorder system throughout its cable systems. The phase-in of Remote Server
ABC Family opens casting calls for ‘HUGE’, new series
ABC Family to host open casting calls across the country for its new Summer Series, ‘HUGE’. Casting Calls Will Take Place Beginning Monday, March...
Current Metered Market ratings for ‘Olympics’
25.2 Million Average Audience Through 12 Nights; More Than 4 Million More and 20% Higher Than 2006 Winter Games.METERED MARKET RATINGS BY TIME ZONE...