"Talent" carries the day
NBC won Wednesday night in both 18-49 and total viewers, powered by another elimination round of "America's Got Talent."Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-492.2/71.9/51.5/51.3/41.3/40.5/2Adults 18-341.6/51.5/51.7/61.0/30.8/30.6/2Total...
MTV goes to the movies
Viacom’s MTV announced plans to release a slate of original movies “crafted for the MTV audience.” The first, "My Super Psycho Sweet 16,"
Britain bids bye bye to “Big Brother”
The UK’s Channel 4 announced that it will not renew its rights to Endemol’s “Big Brother” after the 11th season in 2010. Meanwhile, the...
Orgs bring new topic to political
While most are spending their money to weigh in on health care, a small pack of watchdogs are spending $1M to go after select...
ION TV to break Guinness Record
To kick off the premiere of its original series “Durham County,” ION Television plans to break a Guinness World Record in Times Square for...
Tuesday goes to "Hell"
With its strong pull to the younger demos, "Hell's Kitchen" gave Fox the 18-49 crown for Tuesday, while NBC was tops in total viewership,...
Audience chooses between Talent and Hell
NBC's "America's Got Talent" won the Households rating crown for the past week, but in the 18-49 demo is was Fox's "Hell's Kitchen," which barely missed
Cartoon Network to premiere new season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Coming off of the record-setting first season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Cartoon Network will premiere a full slate of 22 all-new episodes...
Two sign for NFL RedZone
It appears to be easier to get carriers to sign for a second NFL Network channel than it was for the first one. Both...
Abdul joins the Divas
Paula Abdul didn’t remain without TV employment for long. The former “American Idol” judge has signed to host the “VH1 Divas” concert to be televised live on September 17th. With the multiple Emmy
CBS dominated a summer Monday
The audience battle on Monday was between "The Big Bang Theory," which won 18-49, and "Two and a Half Men," which won for total...
A “Little” series renewal
TLC announced that it has ordered a second season of the series “The Little Couple.” The program shares the story of Dr. Jen Arnold...
Local, local and more local for KOIN
Forget the studio. KOIN-TV (CBS) Portland is launching “Keep it Local,” produced entirely on location as the 4:00 pm lead-in to its KOIN Local...
Betsy Magness Leadership Institute fellows announced
Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) announced the members of Classes XX and XXI of WICT’s 2009-2010 Betsy Magness Leadership Institute (BMLI), the industry’s flagship...
“Skins” jumps the pond to MTV
MTV announced that it has landed the rights to develop a US version of the award-winning UK phenomenon "Skins." The American version will be set in Baltimore. Created by father and son team