Peacock struts with football
With the NFL back on the air for another season, of course NBC won Sunday night primetime.Sunday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-496.2/163.4/91.6/41.3/30.7/20.5/1Adults 18-345.8/163.4/101.1/31.0/30.7/20.4/1Total Viewers (millions)15.517.666.254.471.821.19Click...
Take your pick
If you prefer total audience, the winner in syndicated TV for the most recent week was “Two and a Half Men.” But if you...
Frank Batten Sr. dead at 82
Publisher, broadcaster and philanthropist Frank Batten Sr. has died at age 82. He was the founder of Landmark Communications, which still owns newspapers and...
Estrella TV launches today
It’s not often that a new broadcast television network launches, so today, Monday, September 14, 2009, is a date to remember. And despite launching...
Vampire launch sets record for The CW
The series premiere of “The Vampire Diaries” on Thursday drew the biggest audience ever for a series debut on The CW – 4.84 million...
New Vision set to emerge from Chapter 11
A federal bankruptcy judge has blessed the reorganization plan for New Vision Television, so all that remains is FCC approval. The TV group’s reorganization took only 60 days, but leaves its senior
Comcast feeding frenzy not foreseen
A federal court hit the FCC’s national cable TV ownership cap with the dreaded “arbitrary and capricious” label and instead of remanding for justification and/or revision, simply swept the caps aside
Cablevision launches MSG Varsity in NY metro
Cablevision Systems is launching MSG Varsity, a destination for high school sports and activities. The initiative includes a multi-platform suite of services comprised of:...
Tribune puts Estrella in NYC
Just in time for next week’s launch, Liberman Broadcasting (LBI Media) announced a deal with Tribune Company to have the new Estrella TV network...
New MyNet affiliate
Fisher Communications announced that KXPI-LP Pocatello, ID will become a MyNetworkTV affiliate effective September 14th. The programming will also be carried on a digital...
TVB sees spot revenues up 3.6-6.1% in 2010
After studying various private forecasts, the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB) issued its take at Thursday’s Forecast Conference in New York. In his last forecast as TVB President, Chris Rohrs said to expect
31.8 million watched Obama’s healthcare address
The Nielsen Company reports that 31.8 million people watched Wednesday as President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on healthcare legislation. That...
It’s true! Ellen DeGeneres to judge “American Idol”
With Paula Abdul taking a walk, Fox has confirmed that actress, comic and TV talk host Ellen DeGeneres will be the 4th judge for the new season of “American Idol.” She once was a Grammy nominee
EPA takes on big TVs
Do you like your big screen theater-vision television screen? Well, prepare for an all expenses paid guilt trip courtesy of the Environmental Protection Agency,...
Mega TV launches HD in SoFla
Spanish Broadcasting System announced today that Mega TV is now broadcasting its entire primetime programming lineup in high-definition on Comcast cable systems in South...