"Idol" falls to Olympics
For the first time in six years, "American Idol" has been beaten in the ratings. NBC's Olympic coverage claimed the gold on Wednesday.Wednesday Overnight...
Researcher sees good news for TV
Parks Associates expect that an advertising turnaround for traditional broadcast television will take place this year – and that its long-term future looks good as well, as it begins to adopt digital technology to add targeted interactive options to clients
Obama ready for Comedy Central, depending
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told Time Magazine that President Barack Obama, with appearances with Jay Leno and David Letterman under his belt, was ready to take on Jon Stewart. But added he may not be up to the challenge of a face-to-face with Stephen Colbert
FOX’s ‘American Idol’ placed 2nd behind Olympics; ‘Human Target’ also #2
Airing against particularly strong Olympics competition, FOX placed a dominant second last night across all key demos.* At 8p HUMAN TARGET posted a 2.1/6...
NBC’s Olympics out-rated ‘American Idol’ in metered markets
Wednesda night, 2/17/10, the Olympics out-rated American Idol in 53 of 55 metered markets. By comparison, on the first Wednesday of the 2006 Winter...
NBC’s Olympics breaks ‘American Idol’ six year streak
Head to Head: Olympics 30.1 Million, Idol 18.4 Million29.4 Million Watched NBC Last Night, Nearly 12 Million More Than First Wednesday of 2006 Winter...
“American Idol” sets Haiti benefit broadcast
The “Anerican Idol” results show Thursday, February 25th on Fox will help the United Nationa Foundation raise money to help rebuild earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The...
Senator Evan Bayh to talk Exclusively on ‘The View’
SENATOR EVAN BAYH OF INDIANA TALKS EXCLUSIVELY TO THE HOSTS OF “THE VIEW” IN HIS FIRST AND ONLY NETWORK TELEVISION APPEARANCE SINCE ANNOUNCING HE...
NBC ‘Nightly News’ w/ Brian Williams wins week w/ 11 million viewers
"Nightly" Sees Best Delivery in Over Five Years"NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" was the most watched network evening newscast for the week of...
Ratings for episode 4 of Starz' "Spartacus: Blood and Sand"
Despite heavy competition from the Olympics opening ceremony (18.1 HH rating/30 share for Prime Time), NBA All-Star programming, and the beginning of the holiday...
5 Days of Olympic coverage, Top Metered Markets
Tuesday night cut into ‘American Idol’ and 138 MILLION WATCH OPENING FIVE DAYS OF VANCOUVER GAMES. 26.4 Million Average Audience For First Five Nights; Nearly 5 Million More and 22% Higher Than 2006. 72 Million Total Viewers Watched
Sinclair hails the long-awaited recovery
“We’re still the most powerful force on the face of the earth,” was the declaration from Sinclair TV group COO Steve Marks as he expressed confidence that television will grab share as advertisers
"Idol" beat Olympics
"American Idol" is such a juggernaut for Fox that it outdrew the Winter Olympics every half-hour that they were head-to-head on Tuesday. The final...
Advocate says Beck British boycott 100% effective
StopBeck.com, the campaign to throttle advertising on the Fox News Channel Glenn Beck program, is claiming achievement of a total advertising blackout on the United Kingdom version of the show. They say there have been five advertiser-free airings
Disney Channel #1 Network in Total Day in Tweens
Disney Channel is TV’s No. 1 Network in Total Day in Tweens 9-14, and Nears 5 Years of Dominance in Prime in Target KidsDebut...