Obama is good for business
Apparently, network complaints about Obama prime time pressers need to be taken with a grain or two of salt. Maybe those particular events are...
Peacock Productions signs Solomon Jones
NBC's Peacock Productions has entered into a development deal with award-winning columnist and author Solomon Jones. Solomon Jones is an author, journalist and producer...
Sleepy Sunday won by Fox & CBS
Animated reruns gave Fox a win in the 18-49 demo, while older-skewing fare on CBS gave it the usual win in total viewers.Sunday Overnight...
WEAU News Director dies suddenly
WEAU-TV (NBC) Eau Claire, WI reports that News Director John Hoffland died Saturday after suffering a heart attack at his home. Hoffland had worked...
Paul Newsom dead at 64
A two-year battle with cancer has ended for Paul Newsom, whose “Paul Newsom’s Great Outdoors” aired for more than 15 years on TV stations...
Sci Fi ends today
NBC Universal’s Sci Fi cable channel is being mothballed today. Effective tomorrow, July 7th, it is being rebranded Syfy on-air and on the new...
Dish wins a DVR shutdown delay
A federal appeals court has granted Dish Network a permanent injunction that permits it to continue using its DVRs until the appeals court hears the company’s appeal of a judge’s ruling that it is in contempt
Dancing beats Talent
Fox claimed the 18-49 crown on Wednesday with "So You Think You Can Dance," topping NBC's "America’s Got Talent."Wednesday Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults 18-493.0/101.9/61.8/61.6/51.4/40.4/1Adults 18-342.8/101.3/51.4/50.8/31.5/50.5/2Total...
Big week for cable
Summer audiences are, admittedly, smaller, but the numbers posted last week by three cable shows are impressive. If you take the weekly Nielsen chart from our story yesterday and add in cable programs
Karl Malden dead at 97
The Oscar winning actor (for “A Streetcar Named Desire”) was known in television for his role in the ABC police drama series “Streets of...
DTV makes steady progress toward 100%
98.5% of US households now can access digital television one way or another, according to the latest report from Nielsen. The 1.5% still left...
BIA lowers TV station revenue forecast
Once again lowering his estimate for 2009, BIA Financial Network’s Mark Fratrik is now looking for TV station ad revenues (national and local spot...
ABC Tuesday lineup in downhill slide
NBC won 18-49 on Tuesday, powered by "America's Got Talent," although CBS edged the Peacock in total viewers. Meanwhile, ABC’s lineup of new shows...
Repeats work just fine for CBS
Summer viewers are continuing to tune in for reruns on CBS, with NCIS even topping NBC's "America's Got Talent" as the Household ratings winner....
Huge numbers for BET Awards
Billed as a tribute to Michael Jackson the weekend following his death – and including a statement to fans from Janet Jackson – the “BET Awards ’09” drew 10.65 million viewers. That’s the biggest