CBS sets Vicky’s return
“The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show” will return to CBS this fall. The announcement was made live Tuesday on “The Early Show” by Victoria's Secret...
Battle lines drawn at SAG
Opposing factions will again fight for control of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), with Alan Rosenberg bowing out after his stormy presidency. Ken Howard...
Peacock is a bridesmaid
Even with the number one show for the week, “America’s Got Talent,” NBC still finished second in both Households and the key 18-49 demo.In...
CBS reruns win
Scripted summer reruns on CBS easily bested the "Teen Choice Awards" on Fox and night two of "Millionaire" on ABC. Click on the headline...
Scripps TV and newspapers post similar results
TV revenues were down 24.1% in Q2 at E.W. Scripps Company, which was actually worse than the 22.1% decline for the company’s newspapers,
Univision launching music competition
Univision announced 14 contestants for its soon-to-launch music competition, “¡Viva el Sueño!” (Live the Dream!). You’re probably thinking “American Idol” knockoff in Spanish, but...
WPBF-TV adds Estrella TV with multicast
Hearst Television’s WPBF 25 and Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. (LBI) have inked a digital multicast agreement to launch Estrella TV, LBI’s Hispanic network, on WPBF’s...
Football returns and wins
It was only an exhibition game, but the return of "Sunday Night Football" carried NBC to an easy ratings win on Sunday night. Also,...
National softest at Gray Television
Local advertising was down only 13% in Q2 for Gray Television, but national was off 33% for an overall decline of 17%. However, the...
“Judge Judy” regains command
The tie was broken and “Judge Judy” moved back to sole possession of first place in the most recent week’s syndication ratings. The weekly...
Just say no to sharing retrans booty
That’s the reaction of Gray Television President/COO Bob Prather to a question about whether networks will want to grab a share of the retransmission...
Good news, bad news for Fox
The good news is that the finale of "So You Think You Can Dance" drew an even larger audience than last year and carried...
NABJ finds loss of newsroom diversity
Only 65 of 548 news execs at stations owned by major television groups were members of a minority group, or 11.7%. And a parallel...
TV seen as child health risk
It’s not just TV – computer use factors in as well – but sedentary “screen time” may be contributing to elevated blood pressure among...
NBC in cross-platform fall sked hype
Want a taste of the new NBC fall primetime lineup? Just channel-surf or go online, beginning Saturday. “The NBC Primetime Preview Show” should be pretty easy to find. With “Must See TV” only a