Huckabee had pick of cable nets
Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is now hosting his own program on Fox News Channel (not to mention ABC Radio...
NBC’s Sunday Night Football battled ‘Survivor: Samoa’
From 8:30-11:45 p.m., NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, featuring the Minnesota Vikings at the Carolina Panthers, averaged a 12.0/19 in metered-market households. Fast affiliate-based ratings currently...
‘Survivor: Samoa’ tallies larger audience over last year
THE TWO-HOUR SEASON FINALE OF "SURVIVOR: SAMOA" DELIVERS A LARGER AUDIENCE THAN LAST YEAR"Survivor: Samoa" Posts Year-to-Year Growth Across all Metrics on CBS.comThe two-hour...
Reality show gets post-Super Bowl spot
In an unusual move, CBS has given the slot immediately following February 7th Super Bowl broadcast not to a scripted series, but to a new reality show. CBS will use the high-visibility time slot
CBS unveils mid-season
CBS will premiere its new reality series, Undercover Boss, following CBS Sports' coverage of Super Bowl XLIV, Sunday, Feb 7 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/7:00-8:00 PM,...
‘Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains’ Premieres w/ ‘Undercover Boss’
A 'SUPER' PREMIERE FOR "UNDERCOVER BOSS" New Reality Series "Undercover Boss" to Debut in Post Super Bowl Slot on Feb. 7, Before Moving to...
‘Muppets Christmas’ and ‘WWE’s Tribute’ held for NBC Saturday night
From 8-9 p.m., an encore telecast of A MUPPETS CHRISTMAS: LETTERS TO SANTA averaged a 0.6/2 in 18-49 and 2.3 million viewers overall. From 9-10...
"Jay Leno" matched its top Friday rating
At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of “Law & Order” (1.2 rating, 4 share in adults 18-49, 6.2 million viewers overall) ranked #2...
Management shakeup at Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications announced a realignment at its US networks portfolio. Missing from the new management structure is long time Discovery Channel President/GM John Ford....
ABC’s ‘20/20’ beats NBC’s ‘Dateline’ hits #1 Friday
ABC took first place on Friday night, 12/18/09, in Adults 18-49 (1.4/5 - tie), Women 18-49 (1.9/6 - tie), Adults 18-34 (1.1/4), Women 18-34 (1.5/5)...
PMCM’s continental TV drift denied
The bold proposal of Press Communications (as PMCM LLC) to take television allotments from Wyoming and Nevada and move them to large television markets in the east, namely
Wheel rolls on
Primetime shows may come and go, but Pat Sajak and Vanna White don’t have to worry about where their next meal is coming from....
TV revenues were down 22.6% in Q3
Total broadcast television ad revenues were down 22.6% in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same period last year, according to a...
WLS-TV puts HD side-channel to political use
ABC O&O WLS-TV 7 in Chicago will be hosting no less than six debates between candidates for various offices during next year’s primary election...
Fox and Time Warner Cable in retrans showdown
It’s the granddaddy of all retransmission consent battles as Time Warner Cable’s (TWC) contract to carry the Fox cable networks and broadcast O&Os expires