CBS staffer arrested in Letterman extortion attempt
An employee at CBS News’ “48 Hours” is facing charges that he tried to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million. Letterman admitted on Thursday...
Two new dramas for FX
Cable networks continue to order up original drama series to compete head to head with broadcast nets. FX announced that it has placed series...
TBS unveils MLB postseason broadcast teams
With the MLB Postseason set to take the mound on TBS beginning 10/7, the network announced broadcast teams for exclusive coverage of all four...
NASCAR, Automotive Broadcasting Network ink deal
The Automotive Broadcasting Network (ABN), auto retailing’s first private television network fueled by CBS, has entered an agreement with NASCAR Media Group to deliver...
ABC & CBS crowing over results
"Grey's Anatomy" helped carry ABC to the 18-49 crown for Thursday, while CBS proudly proclaimed that it was #1 in viewers for every hour...
ABC rejects cougar ad on cougar program
Claudia Opdenkelder thought ABC’s “Cougar Town” was the perfect venue on which to advertise her specialty dating service CougarLife.com, but ABC thought otherwise and...
White House opens fire on Beck
The Obama administration used the White House website blog to focus on the “disregard for the facts” demonstrated by Fox News and singled out a sequence on Barack Obama’s Olympic overtures
Assessing a Comcast buy of NBCU
Amidst the active rumor mill about a possible Comcast deal to buy NBC Universal from General Electric, Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker offered her evaluation of whether such a
Comcast shareholders negative on NBCU
Reports that cable giant Comcast was in talks to acquire a large stake in NBC Universal from General Electric sent Comcast’s stock price skidding on Thursday. Shareholders clearly want
CBS celebrates Letterman over O’Brien
Week One of the new season saw the “Late Show with David Letterman” on CBS top the “Tonight Show” on NBC in total viewers,...
“Kate Plus Eight” – now feel Jon’s hate
Now that TLC has renamed the show and reduced his role, Jon Gosselin is striking back. TLC has had to suspend production of “Kate...
So-so start for ABC sitcoms
"Hank" and "The Middle" beat their scripted competition, but that was about all. Fox and CBS tied for the 18-49 crown, though.Wednesday Overnight Nielsen...
Reality TV crew injured in crash
KPTV-TV (Fox) Portland, OR reports that two crew members from the reality TV show “COPS” were injured, along with a Portland police officer, when...
New Vision emerges from Chapter 11
Just 80 days after filing a pre-packaged Chapter 11 proceeding, New Vision Television has emerged from Federal Bankruptcy Court debt free. Of course, the former creditors now own the company’s
TiVo reports less time shifting for Leno than past NBC fare
An average of 46% of viewing of “The Jay Leno Show” by TiVo subscribers is time-shifted, TiVo reported. That’s down from 70% time-shifted viewing...