Spike leaps into late night TV battle

Another cable network is eying a piece of the late night TV pie. But the new show set to launch on Spike TV won’t...

“LOST” at Sunset on the Beach special screening

ABC’s “Lost” makes its return for its final season with a special screening at “Sunset on the Beach” this Saturday, January 30 at approximately...

'Conan O'Brien' topped all broadcast/cable competition

Leaving a show may be nothing but when it is all over the internet and media the publicity does not hurt and the ratings prove it. Conan may not have waxed

48 million watched State of the Union

That’s the tally from The Nielsen Company for viewing of President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address on Wednesday evening. Combined viewing...

MAP suits up for Comcast/NBCU battle

“Let the game begin!!” said Media Access Project President/CEO Andrew Schwartzman to mark the FCC filing of Comcast and NBCU defending the two media...

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...