Saturday is Fey Day
Tina Fey’s stone cold impersonation of VP candidate Sarah Palin (R-AK) is wowing critics and the public alike and driving viewership to NBC’s iconic...
Converter box business picking up
The NTIA has released new stats showing an increase in the number of coupons requested for the acquisition of a digital-to-analog converter box. The...
ABC dominates premiere week
The Alphabet Network won the total viewership crown and every major demo for week one of the 2008-2009 television season. It also had the weeks' four top-rated shows - two nights of the reality competition "Dancing With the Stars" and
Studios reject SAG call to resume talks
Leaders of the Screen Actors Guild sent a letter to Disney’s Bob Iger, News Corporation’s Peter Chernin and the chief studio negotiator calling for
52.4 million watched first Obama-McCain face-off
The Nielsen Company reports that the first debate between Presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Friday September 26th...
ABC claims premiere week victory
The final tallies come out today, but ABC has declared itself the ratings winner for week one of the 2008-2009 TV season in the...
Ray Miller dead at 89
Numerous media outlets in Houston reported the death of legendary newsman Ray Miller. The retired News Director of KPRC-TV had been a huge figure...
Project Courtroom puts show in limbo
Where will “Project Runway” air next year? A New York judge has granted NBC Universal an injunction blocking the Weinstein Company from moving the...
Springsteen scores Super Bowl gig
The NFL and NBC are keeping alive a new tradition when it comes to half-time entertainment during America’s number on media event: The Super...
Bravo gets “Swingtown”
Bravo has acquired the exclusive cable rights for the original 13 episode run of the drama series "Swingtown," from CBS Television Distribution. The announcement...
Debate rate: Nielsen weighs in
The Mississippi battle of words between John McCain and Barack Obama pulled a 33.2 share nationwide in local television markets where Nielsen maintains electronic...
Watchdog set to poll teachers
Just what are the effects of television on schoolchildren? The Smart Television Alliance (STA) proposes to go straight the people it thinks may have...
Letterman stunt roils internal waters
According to a report, executives at CBS News were not happy when an internal feed of Katie Couric and John McCain prepping for an...
Runway reruns move to Oxygen
NBC Universal’s Oxygen has signed with CBS Television Distribution for exclusive cable rights to “America’s Next Top Model,” beginning in January with the 11th...
KXAS-TV sponsors scholarship
NBC O&O KXAS-TV Dallas-Ft. Worth has partnered with The Lone Star Emmy Educational Foundation to introduce the Harold Taft Scholarship – the first in...