Newbie dramas get CBS full season orders
Ratings have been good for freshman dramas “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “The Good Wife,” so it’s not really surprising that CBS has given them...
Fox and CBS battle to a draw
It was a dead heat in the 18-49 demo on Wednesday, although CBS beat Fox handily in total viewers.Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-492.8/82.8/82.3/62.0/61.3/41.0/3Adults 18-342.9/91.7/51.9/61.7/51.6/51.2/4Total...
Quincy Newspapers Inc. reorganizes TV division
Ralph M. Oakley, President/CEO of Quincy Newspapers Inc. (QNI), announced a series of new appointments in the company’s executive ranks. They all become effective...
SAG election loser now a winner
Anne-Marie Johnson lost to Ken Howard in a bitterly contested battle for the Presidency of the Screen Actors Guild, but now the leader of...
ColorOfChange says Beck boycott still growing
The campaign of ColorOfChange.org to starve the Glenn Beck Show on FNC is claiming it’s convinced 19 more advertisers to request their ads not...
Protesters move against Honolulu SSA
The Media Council of Hawaii is taking its complaints about a two-owner, three-station Honolulu television cluster to the FCC. Raycom and MCG Capital are the owners of the stations. The shared services
Week Two: Broadcast 96, Cable 4
The highest rated show in the history of cable put ESPN high up in the weekly mash-up of Nielsen data for both broadcast and cable/satellite networks
DirecTV adds local-to-local HD in Jackson, MS
Satellite TV giant DirecTV announced that it is now offering local HD programming to customers in the Jackson, MS market.Six local stations are now...
Huge ratings for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football”
If you were watching Monday’s 30-23 home victory by the Minnesota Vikings over the Green Bay Packers, you were a part of cable TV...
Analyst: CBS main beneficiary of “The Jay Leno Effect”
Since “The Jay Leno Show” on NBC is drawing fewer viewers than the more expensive scripted fare it replaced, where have those viewers gone? Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker is
“South Park” fan to get a cameo role
How’s that possible, you say? The winner will be animated and included in the full cast shot seen in the open of the 14th...
CBS wins, despite ratings slip
Ratings in the key 18-49 demo were down on Tuesday for CBS, but the Eye network still pulled off a win.Tuesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults...
Over 11 million watch novela finale on Univision
Univision scored huge ratings on Monday, claiming fourth place in the primetime ratings for all networks, ahead of NBC, and #2 for the 12-34...
Fox and CBS claim Week Two
Fox is so focused on the 18-49 demo that it put only two shows in the top 20 for Household ratings in Week Two of the new season, but five in the top 20 when you look strictly at the 18-49 demo
CBS orders more “Flashpoint”
The cop drama “Flashpoint,” produced in Canada, was a summer hit for CBS and a decent performer in the regular season. Now it’s ordered...