Early points for ABC on Sunday Night
Opposite NFL driven NBC (Vikings-Cardinals) and Fox (Cowboys-Giants primetime overrun), ABC beat out its non-sports boosted competition on Sunday, topping CBS’ Sunday line-up by...
Univision launches studio to expand program production
In a move to lessen its dependence on Televisa programming from Mexico, Univision Communications announced the creation of Univision Studios. Veteran production executive Luis...
Peter Liguori joins Discovery
Former Fox Broadcasting Chairman of Entertainment Peter Liguori is hooking up with Oprah Winfrey and the existing channels at Discovery Communications as the company’s...
NBC ‘Saturday Night Live’ with Blake again Dominate slot
The take off on current 'Tiger Woods' problem gave SNL a hole in one. SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, hosted by Blake Lively and featuring musical...
NBC, kids love ‘A Muppet Christmas’; ‘Leno’ matched average ratings
At 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of “A Muppet Christmas: Letters to Santa” (1.1 rating, 4 share in adults 18-49, 4.3 million viewers...
"Two and a Half Men" holds onto #2
Could "Two and a Half Men" from Warner Bros. be threatening to catch perennial syndication leader "Wheel of Fortune" from CBS Television Distribution? The...
ABC’s 20/20 No. 1 in Friday 10pm slot
Jumping from its lead-in among viewers (+1.5 million) and young adults (+33%), ABC’s "20/20" ranked No. 1 during Friday’s 10 o’clock hour for the...
‘Adam Lambert’ appearing on ‘The View’ Thursday
“The View” Episode Airs the Morning After Barbara Walters Includes Lambert As One of the Year’s “Most Fascinating People” in Her Primetime Special, Which...
Comcast rated a 10 on the association scale
Public Knowledge director Harold Feld said that one way to look at the Comcast/NBCU transaction was to use what he called the trade association...
‘Conan’ ties ‘Letterman’ in 18-49 ratings wins 18-34
NBC's "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" averaged a 1.0 rating, 4 share in adults 18-49 and 2.4 million viewers overall for the week...
Update: NBC’s coverage of ‘Macy’s Parade’ has viewership Up
NBC's November 26 9 a.m.-noon coverage of the 83rd annual "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" has marched to the event's biggest average audience in eight...
CBS O&O launching new local show for early risers
WBBM-TV, the CBS owned and operated station in Chicago, announced plans to launch “Monsters and Money in the Morning,” an innovative new local weekday...
ABC sets March return for “V” and “FlashForward”
Freshman dramas “FlashForward” and “V” will be returning to the ABC primetime lineup, but not until March 2010. The Alphabet Network’s official announcement says...
‘Jimmy Kimmel’ attracting it biggest audience in 9 months
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel” Attracts its Biggest Audience in Nearly 9 Months And for the 2nd Straight Week Tops NBC’s “Fallon” by a Best-Ever 39%During...
FTC targets TV promo of violent content
It’s not violent television programming that the FCC is concerned about – it’s the use of television to market violent PG-13 movies on television programs with a significant under-13 audience