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...
PTC objects to Comcast/NBCU
Children’s television watchdog Parents Television Council is calling for “an exhaustive public interest review” of the Comcast/NBCU transaction, saying if it goes through, the...
Dorgan attacks pharma TV ads
Byron Dorgan (D-ND) took to the Senate floor to protest the practice of drumming up demand among consumers for prescription drugs via television advertising...
Classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas” delivers smiles for ABC
Up Year to Year in Viewers, ABC’s Replay “A Charlie Brown Christmas” Places A Strong No. 2 to “Biggest Loser” at 8p in Adults...
‘So You Think You Can Dance’ gives Fox #2 ranking on Tuesday
Last night’s, 12/8/09, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Top 8 performance show posted a 2.4/6 among Adults 18-49, up +9% week over week among...
‘The Biggest Loser’ Finale is Biggest Winner at #1
THE FINALE OF 'THE BIGGEST LOSER' WEIGHS IN WITH THE SHOW'S HIGHEST 18-49 AND TOTAL-VIEWER RESULTS IN FOUR YEARS'LOSER' WINS ITS TWO-HOUR SLOT IN...
Week 11: Broadcast 88, Cable 12
Cable/satellite networks claimed the #1 spot in the top 100 for all of television in Week 11 of the 2009-2010 season, with ESPN’s NFL game besting NBC’s NFL game in the ratings. According to
January debut for “Brace for Impact”
TLC announced that the highly anticipated documentary film “Brace for Impact” will make its television debut on January 10th, five days before the first...
McCain attacks government DTV ad spending
John McCain (R-AZ) and Tom Coburn (R-OK) have come up with a checklist of economic stimulus money they believe the government wasted on unnecessary...
Moonves thanks Leno for helping CBS
He didn’t mention him by name, but CBS Corporation CEO Les Moonves clearly had “The Jay Leno Show” in mind when talking about how...
ABC Family’s ‘25 Days of Christmas’ has best start ever
ABC Family’s 12th Annual “25 Days of Christmas” is Off to its Best Start Ever in Core 18-34s and 12-34s, and Second-Best Start Ever...