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
No glitter for "Diamonds"
ABC's "Diamonds" mini-series stumbled badly on night two as CBS won Tuesday night in the 18-49 demo with its stable of reruns.Overnight Nielsen ratingsRatings/ShareAdults...
Murdoch’s crossownership waiver stands
Back in January the FCC voted 3-2 to deny a petition for reconsideration of a 2006 decision continuing the waiver for News Corporation to continue to own two
Tony Awards draw the stars as presenters
We don’t know yet which stars will be on stage to receive Tony Awards June 7th on CBS, but we do know that plenty...
Twitter in TV deal
Twitter confirms that it has a development deal with Reveille Productions and Brillstein Entertainment for a potential reality TV show. However, Twitter insists that it is a “lightweight
“The Wendy Williams Show” gearing up for launch
The Wendy Williams Show will have one of daytime's most impressive Emmy-winning teams when the series launches in national syndication on Monday, July 13th.The...
“Real Housewives of DC” in development
Bravo announced that a spin-off of its hit docu-series franchise "The Real Housewives," is in development, this time set in the influential metropolitan region...
CBS reruns win Memorial Day
The holiday lineup of scripted reruns on CBS still beat the Monday reality offerings of ABC in the 18-49 demo – with the other...
Syndi ducks stay in a row
This week's chart looks so much like last week's that we had to double-check to make sure it was actually new. Yep."Jeopardy" and "Oprah"...
SAG battling continues through balloting
The Screen Actors Guild – at least, the faction with a majority on the National Board – is promoting a “yes” vote on SAG’s pending contract with the Hollywood
Politics goes multi-platform in Virginia
Three people are running for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Virginia – but four companies are teaming up in a unique multi-platform partnership to...
Ion gets cash for reorg operations
A federal bankruptcy judge has given Ion Media Networks the OK to use its cash on hand and access $25 million of new funding...