Bravo renews four
Bravo announced the renewal of four of the network's most popular docu-series, "Flipping Out," "The Rachel Zoe Project," "Million Dollar Listing" and "Tabatha's Salon...
Cable is driving NBC Universal
“I’m incredibly bullish on our diversification,” NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker told the UBS media conference Monday. Six years ago the company was 90% reliant on
Battle for #2 continues
This time it's "Two and a Half Men" back in sole possession of the #2 slot in syndicated TV, still behind "Wheel of Fortune"...
Shake-up at NBC
Look for NBC Universal to announce major management changes this week in its Entertainment unit. Numerous reports say Katherine Pope, who headed the NBCU...
Moody’s negative on Nexstar
Nexstar is the latest television company to have its credit ratings downgraded by Moody’s Investors Service – along with a negative outlook for the future. Moody’s says it doesn’t look like retrans and Internet
CBS News teams up with BusinessWeek
McGraw-Hill’s BusinessWeek has formalized its relationship with CBS News, creating an ongoing partnership to collaborate on stories and segments to be broadcast on the “CBS Evening News
Fox gets huge response to Simpsons episode on “Islamophobia”
Following an action alert sent out by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Fox television network reported receiving an overwhelming positive response from community...
Adelstein wants to link tech savvy with DTV needy
Addressing the Government Video Technology Expo in Washington, FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein said one of the key elements of a
NBC details midseason schedule
NBC unveiled its post-January mid-season schedule that features the series premieres of the new drama "Kings" (March 19) with a two-hour event, plus the...
New owner for Interep’s TV reps
Azteca America Spot Sales and Hispanic Independent Television Sales (HITS) continue to operate, but owner-to-be Hispanic Independent Television
Week 10: Lucky 13 for cable/satellite nets
With the November sweep coming to an end and then special programming scheduling around Thanksgiving, cable/satellite networks put 13 shows in the top 100 for all of television in the key 18-49 demo
PBS stations jump on the bird
DirecTV yesterday began local-to-local delivery of PBS stations in HD in 14 markets, with more slated for roll-out in the coming months. The first...
ABC and CBS celebrate November sweep
A strong finish, including the finale of “Dancing With the Stars” gave ABC sole bragging rights to the 18-49 crown for the November sweep....
Multi-Ethnic coalition hands out Bs
In its ninth annual report on television’s portrayal of minorities, the Multi-Ethnic Media Coalition handed out nothing but B+’s and B’s to the big...
25% fretting about post-DTV reception
A new poll out from Rasmussen reveals that a quarter of US citizens are at least somewhat concerned about the fate of their television...