FOX orders 13 Episodes of “Glee”
FOX has ordered 13 episodes of Gee, a musical comedy series from Ryan Murphy (“Nip/Tuck,” “Popular”). The one-hour series follows an optimistic high school...
Football scores for NBC, but CBS wins the week
"NBC Sunday Night Football," which saw the Dallas Cowboys defeat the New York Giants, drew the biggest ratings of the season for the NFL...
Equity Media’s fate on ice
Literally. Yesterday’s Federal Bankruptcy Court hearing on whether to let Equity Media reorganize or be liquidated was postponed due to an ice storm that hit the Little Rock, AR area. The hearing will
SAG torn by membership split
The Screen Actors Guild and the studios have exchanged new charges and countercharges over their stalled contract negotiations. But SAG itself is facing internal strife, with President Alan Rosenberg
Analog roadblock goes national
42 states and the District of Columbia will be participating in a major DTV educational event today. With two months to go until the...
Equity Media shutting off stations?
Equity Media Holdings’ WGMU-CA (Green Mountain TV), a collection of eight LPs in Vermont that carry MyNetwork TV in the region have gone dark—nearly...
A-list stars oppose SAG strike vote
A group of 130 big name Hollywood stars have sent a joint letter to leaders of the screen Actors Guild asking them to call...
Gray announces retrans progress
Gray Television announced that it has reached agreements in principal on the basic economic terms of retransmission consent agreements with 20 large cable operators...
Young stations back on Dish
That didn’t last long. A new retransmission consent agreement has been struck and the 10 Young Broadcasting stations restored to Dish Network’s satellite offerings...
Viewer becomes ambassador
LIN TV’s WNDY-TV Indianapolis has figured out how to get viewers involved. It ran a contest to select a spokesman for the station. Over...
New host for Oscars
A new face will host the 81st Academy Awards telecast Sunday, February 22nd on ABC. Hugh Jackman will be center state for the evening....
Ratings boost for “Survivor”
CBS says the finale of “Survivor: Gabon” out-delivered last May's finale of "Survivor: Micronesia" in viewers and key demographics, according to Nielsen preliminary live...
Newport Television chooses VCI for entire group
VCI Solutions, provider of sales, traffic and automation software systems designed exclusively for broadcast and cable station operations, announced that Newport Television, the 14th...
Bravo renews Real Housewives of Atlanta
On the heels of the most successful Real Housewives franchise launch ever, Bravo announced the renewal of the hit series "The Real Housewives of...
FCC sides with stations on strength test
A number of television stations which had to take a compromised approach to the DTV transition have been granted waivers to maintain that approach...