PTC names best, worst TV advertisers
The Parents Television Council likes companies that support family-friendly broadcast television, and deplores those that support programming it finds objectionable. This year, PTC named...
‘Conan O’Brien’ wins Nov. 30-Dec. 4, biggest 18-49 in 9 weeks
CONAN O'BRIEN WINS THE NOV. 30-DEC. 4 LATE-NIGHT WEEK WITH HIS BIGGEST 18-49 RATING IN NINE WEEKS'TONIGHT' TOPS CBS'S 'LATE SHOW' ENCORES AND ABC'S...
‘Shrek the Halls' and 'Barbara Walters Presents’ hits ABC w/ 2nd-biggest numbers
Jumping Year to Year, ABC Marks One of its Strongest Wednesdays of the Season ABC’s Second Replay This Season of “Shrek the Halls” Wins at...
So You Thing You Can Dance/GLEE combo winner: 18-34’s, Teens-Women
Last night, 12/10/09, the SYTYCD/GLEE combo delivered a nightly win for FOX among Adults 18-34, Teens and Women 18-49.SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE:The...
‘Criminal Minds’, ‘CSI: NY’ delivers CBS a Wednesday complete win
"CRIMINAL MINDS" DELIVERS LARGEST AUDIENCE SINCE ITS SEASON PREMIERE AND HIGHEST ADULT 18-49 RATING SINCE OCTOBER"The New Adventures of Old Christine" Attracts Largest Audience...
‘Mercy’ holds, ‘Jay Leno’ no match against Barbara Walters
At 8 p.m. ET, “Mercy” averaged a 1.8/5 in adults 18-49 and 7.1 million viewers overall. "Mercy" is up 13 percent versus NBC's 1.6...
Piers Morgan hosting Susan Boyle special
The one-hour special “I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story” has wrapped up filming in London, so we now know that it will...
Spike TV sets debut of gridiron comedy for January
Spike TV's new original scripted comedy series "Blue Mountain State" kicks off with two back-to-back episodes premiering on Tuesday, January 12. It's all about...
Telemundo affiliate launches in Richmond, Virginia
ZGS Communications announced the launch of WZTD-LP Richmond, VA as a Telemundo affiliate, the first local Spanish-language television broadcast station in the market. ZGS...
Estrella TV touts November Sweeps performance
The newly-launched Estrella TV network doesn’t yet appear in the national ratings, but owner Liberman Broadcasting Inc. (LBI Media) is claiming record results for...
Poltrack: Nets to be up 5% in 2010
A year after giving his forecast for the network TV business in 2009, CBS Corporation Chief Research Officer David Poltrack had a simple summary for the outlook he presented to the 37th gathering
Documentary film deal for OWN
OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network announced an innovative partnership with ro*co productions, a division of ro*co films international, a documentary film distribution company, to...
Call letter change on the Gulf Coast
LIN TV’s WBPG-TV Mobile-Pensacola has changed call letters to WFNA, to denote its two states of Florida aNd Alabama. The station continues to be...
Iger sees business improving for Disney/ABC
“Visibility isn’t all that great,” he notes, but Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger told the UBS 37th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference...
Biggest Loser is winner
The finale of the NBC hit series (how often do you see that phrase?) "The Biggest Loser" led in the ratings Tuesday and the...