TV company bonds get a thumbs-up
Wells Fargo Securities high yield bond analysts Bishop Cheen and Davis Hebert may be negative on radio bonds, but they have a very different...
Roberts, Zucker headline House Comcast/NBCU hearing
It comes as absolutely no surprise whatsoever that Comcast Chairman/CEO Brian Roberts and NBCU President/CEO Jeff Zucker will be the star witnesses next week...
ABC Family picks up “Huge,” “Pretty Little Liars”
Paul Lee, president, ABC Family, announced the pick-up of two one-hour dramas, “Huge” and “Pretty Little Liars.” Each series has been given a 10-episode...
Media General boosts political expectations
The US economy is still soft, but Media General CEO Marshall Morton sees signs of improvement in Q1, including a boost for the company’s...
"Idol" and Obama
President Obama's State of the Union address dominated television on Wednesday, but before he spoke "American Idol" scored its usual big numbers for Fox.Wednesday...
Comcast and NBCU file with FCC
The betrothed in the proposed merger of Comcast and NBC Universal submitted documentation to the FCC saying that the union, if approved, would increase diversity, localism and competition
NBC rerun of ‘Mercy’ and ‘The Office’ post average viewers
At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of “Mercy” averaged a 1.1/3 in adults 18-49 and 4.2 million viewers overall.Coverage of the State of...
Double digit quarter for Media General
Unfortunately, that was a double digit percentage decline in revenues for both the publishing and television operations, while digital media was up double digits. But the company actually posted net income of
Fox’s juggernaut ‘American Idol’ just wins, in-line last years pacing
Week three of AMERICAN IDOL-WED posted a 9.1/25 among Adults 18-49 with the likelihood of increasing at least three-tenths because of time shifts due...
Bill Bolen retires after 40 years
Friends, family and co-workers joined the celebration Thursday as news anchor Bill Bolen retired after more than 40 years on the air at WBRC-TV...
TBS gets animated
Marking its third foray into the animation arena, TBS has closed a deal for a pilot script from comic actor David Spade, Sony Pictures...
“Ugly Betty” gets the axe
Once a cutting edge television hit for ABC, “Ugly Betty” has fallen on hard times and low ratings. To no one’s surprise, the Alphabet...
‘NCIS’ delivers over 20 million+, gets closer against ‘American Idol’
Mark Harmon gaining on Simon as "NCIS" DELIVERS 20.22 MILLION VIEWERS OPPOSITE "AMERICAN IDOL""NCIS: Los Angeles" Posts Significant Increases Over Last First-Run EpisodeRebroadcast of...
Time Warner Cable and Scripps come to terms
Time Warner Cable (TWC) announced Wednesday that it has entered into multi-year agreements for carriage of The Food Network and Great American Country. Additional...
Week 18: Broadcast 86, Cable 14
Lifetime’s premiere of the movie “The Pregnancy Pact” was the highest rated cable/satellite show last week with 18-49 year-olds, coming in at #32 in the weekly number crunch by the TVB