“Hangin' with Mr. Cooper” joins ION's weekday lineup
ION Television, through a deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, launched the sitcom “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper” on its weeknight schedule beginning with...
DTV transition: Positive news fails to erase negatives views
A poll commissioned by the NAB finds that 85% of African-American households are aware of the coming TV switch to a digital format –...
Peacock buys Weather Channel for $3.5B
The deal is done. NBC Universal announced Sunday that it had bought The Weather Channel and weather.com from Landmark Communications. Terms weren’t disclosed, but the price was
AFTRA contract votes due today
Rather than a worker vs. management labor battle, what’s been happening lately in Hollywood has been a worker vs. worker labor battle. We should...
More local channels in HD
Dish Network announced that it has added local-to-local signal delivery in high-definition in four more markets: Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY; Chattanooga, TN; Lansing, MI; and Syracuse,...
TLC’s “Must Love Kids” debuting 7/15
On July 15, TLC will premiere “Must Love Kids,” a new hour-long docu-series that follows three single mothers as they embark on an emotional...
Summer viewing much like winter viewing
The overall numbers may be a bit lower, but the same shows are still the viewer favorites in the summer as far as syndicated...
Univision newscasts in LA, NY #1 and #2 in Adults 18-49
The Univision Television Group says that two of its stations’ newscasts have taken the top two spots across all people meter markets in the...
AT&T to drop Dish
Dish Network saw its stock take a dive yesterday after AT&T decided to stop marketing Dish programming services. The long-running deal will end December 31st. The marketing deal began
LIN and Charter sign retrans deal
Charter Communications announced several weeks ago that it had come to terms with LIN TV on retransmission consent and would not have to pull...
Talent wins out
NBC's "America's Got Talent" topped viewing for the past week, but the Peacock only managed to strut to second place in the overall ratings.In...
Split Scripps stocks go opposite directions
Official trading began yesterday in the separate stocks of E.W. Scripps Company (TV/newspapers) and Scripps Networks Interactive (cable networks/interactive sites). E.W. Scripps’ stock moved...
The Look rebooked
TV Land has renewed its original reality series "She's Got The Look" for a second season. Emmy Award-Winner Allison Grodner will return as executive...
Hollywood begins virtual lockout
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), the bargaining organization for the studios, calls it a “de facto strike,” but a more accurate description is a virtual lockout
NAB’s DC DTV shelter scatter
Washington DC has a lot of off-air TV viewers, and acting on the theory that many of them also use the city’s bus system,...