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...
‘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...