Fox and CBS claim Sunday honors
The debut of the "Meteor" mini-series on NBC didn’t lift the network much on Sunday night. Fox won the 18-49 demo and CBS for...
Networks oppose pharm deduction deletion
House Ways and Means Chair Charles Rangel sees funding for health care in a plan to eliminate the business tax deduction for advertising
Bringing the great Outdoor to the small screen
As a stand-alone cable network and a public company, Outdoor Channel is pretty unique, and successful. COO Tom Hornish tells RBR/TVBR that the channel...
ABC “Defying Gravity”
Described as “Grey’s Anatomy in space,” ABC has picked up the CTV science fiction series “Defying Gravity.” The space thriller will make its debut Sunday, August 2nd. Sexy and provocative
"Big Brother" can't stop Fox
CBS’ debut of the new season of "Big Brother" opened strong on Thursday, but Fox still won the 18-49 demo on the strength of...
Zucker: “I think we’ve reached the bottom”
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said in an interview Thursday on CNBC, which happens to be owned by NBCU, that while it’s still tough, “I think
Estrella adds NM affiliate
Liberman Broadcasting’s Estrella TV network will begin airing in mid-August on a DTV multicast channel of Hearst Television’s KOAT-TV Albuquerque, along with its satellite...
Lifetime nabs “Old Christine”
Lifetime Television has acquired the exclusive off-net cable rights to Warner Bros. Television's hit comedy “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus,...
Olympic battle brewing
The US Olympic Committee (USOC) announced a deal with Comcast to launch the US Olympic Network next year as an all-Olympics cable channel. But the USOC may have jumped the gun in making the
New sitcom for Comedy Central
Gary Sanchez Productions and Debmar-Mercury have signed a deal to produce a news sitcom staring Jon Heder for Comedy Central, which has ordered an...
Fox overcomes "Talent"
NBC had the most viewers overall and "America's Got Talent" was the night's top program, but Fox still won the 18-49 crown for Wednesday.Wednesday...
Fox and Tribune stations grab “30 Rock”
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution announced that “30 Rock” has been sold to Fox O&Os and Tribune Television stations in major markets for off-network...
TV audience of 31 million+ for Michael Jackson memorial
If you scanned the channels Tuesday afternoon, the memorial service for Michael Jackson live from Los Angeles was all over. The Nielsen Company now estimates that 31.1 million people watched
MLB Network going all out for All-Star Game
Replays of games past, hour after hour of pre-game commentary and then a big post-game show have the MLB Network going wall-to-wall with All-Star Game action next Tuesday. Everything, it seems
Verizon: Cablevision not playing fair & Square
Recent MVPD entrant Verizon via its FiOS service says Cablevision is denying it access to the HD version of its Madison Square Garden network,...