Moody’s bullish on cable television
Broadcast television may be suffering in the advertising recession, but Moody’s Investors Service says cable MSOs will continue to increase revenues, EBITDA and free cash flow this year. The big driver is the
Double-up for “The Listener”
NBC has decided to expand the premiere of "The Listener" to two back-to-back episodes on Thursday, June 4 (9-11 pm ET). The new drama...
Checking back on a flying GM
81-year-old KPLE-TV Killeen, TX GM Catherine Mason did, indeed, make her first-ever skydive on Memorial Day Weekend as a fundraiser for the Christian station’s...
Fox wins again
"So You Think You Can Dance" continues to rack up summertime ratings for Fox, carrying ti to an easy Thursday win in the 18-49...
Top programs of the 2008-2009 season
No doubt you know that "Super Bowl XLII" on NBC was the #1 program in the key 18-49 demo for the recently completed television...
Terror outdraws economic fears again
In another head-to-head news dominance duel, domestic terror edged the economic crisis during the week of 5/18-09-5/24/09, according to the Project for Excellence in...
New Christmas classic in the making
At least, executives of Lifetime Television have to be hoping that “Twelve Men of Christmas” becomes one of those heartwarming holiday favorites that people...
Olbermann pulls donation offer to Hannity
The AP reports Keith Olbermann's offer for a donation if Sean Hannity undergoes waterboarding is off the table, the money gone instead to radio host Erich "Mancow" Muller's charity of choice after
TBS orders 10 episodes of “The Very Funny Show”
TBS has given the green light to The Very Funny Show, a new half-hour, late-night standup series hosted by Tim Meadows (TBS’s The Bill...
Wednesday is Dance night for Fox
"So You Think You Can Dance" carried Fox to a Summer Wednesday win in the 18-49 demo. "The Goode Family" debut on ABC was...
FCC: DTV and only DTV in June meeting notice
No surprise here. When the calendar hits DTV-minus nine days and counting on Wednesday, June 3rd, the FCC will devote its entire Open Meeting...
TV sales hold up in tight economy
We’re talking about sales of television receivers, of course, not the advertising sales that keep stations on the air. Despite the recession, a new...
Schuller buys baby boomer cable net
TV evangelist Robert A. Schuller is also a venture capitalist and the VC fund he co-founded, ComStar Media Fund LLC, is now the proud...
Final week goes to Fox
What did you expect? Of course the #1 show on television, "American Idol," dominated the ratings for Week 35 as the 2008-09 season came to a conclusion. Fox won the week in Households, 18-49 and pretty much any other demo you can chose
Chicago facing a DTV debacle?
A reporter for the Chicago Tribune seems alarmed that over 1,310 people from Chicago called the FCC as a result of last week’s soft analog shut-down. We aren’t alarmed -- we think that result should