‘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...
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...