Wednesday, July 1, 2026

“Idol” judge re-signed

Kara DioGuardi will be back for season nine of “American Idol” on Fox. Now everyone is waiting to find out whether there will be...

"Defying Gravity" has leaden ratings

ABC's high hopes for "Defying Gravity" were dashed as its Sunday debut was the lowest rated scripted series premiere of the summer. Fox and...

“Let’s Make a Deal” to premiere 10/5

Let’s Make a Deal, a new take on the classic game show where audience members dress in outlandish costumes to win cash and prizes...

Discovery and FLO TV launch Shark Week Mobile Channel

To celebrate the 22nd year of Shark Week, Discovery Communications is collaborating with FLO TV Incorporated, a unit of Qualcomm, to bring Discovery Channel's...

Revenues down 23% at Belo

The Q2 revenue decline of 23% to $144.8 million was in line with expectations for Belo Corporation. The good news from CEO Dunia Shive...

Fox dances to another win

Thursday night's airing of "So You Think You Can Dance" that winnowed the contest down to the final four led Fox to easy victory...

TV revenues fall 20% for WaPo

The newspaper business actually outperformed television in Q2 at the Washington Post Company. Print ad revenues were down 20%, the same as the revenue decline for TV, but total print

Moody’s sees ad slump moderating

Year-over-year revenue gains could return for US television groups in the second half of 2010, says Moody’s Investors Service, which sees some moderation in the ad slump beginning in the

Dancing over Talent

Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" beat NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" head to head in the 18-49 demo on Wednesday and carried Fox...

USA gives two renewal orders

NBC Universal’s USA Network wants more of summer hits “Royal Pains” and “Burn Notice.” Both have gotten orders for another round of episodes.Royal Pains...

Meredith cites week-to-week improvement for TV

Non-political television ad revenues were down 25% in fiscal Q4 (April-June) at Meredith Corporation and Q1 is currently pacing down double digits as well....

Cross MediaWorks raises cash

TV, cable and online ad sales rep Cross MediaWorks has raised $17 million in additional investment capital. Two new companies have joined its investor...

Bankruptcy judge approves Young sale

Objections from the unsecured creditors have been rejected and Federal Bankruptcy Judge Arthur Gonzalez has signed an order approving the sale of Young Broadcasting’s TV stations. That also

DTV left behind total halved

And then some, since DTV day 6/12/09. The total number of homes lacking DTV service stood at 2.5M back then – it now stands at 1.2M. 98.9% of all US households are now able to receive DTV

Fox has more ratings to love

The premiere of Fox's plus-sized dating show "More To Love" was lighter than hoped, but "Hell's Kitchen" was enough to just give Fox the...