PTC files complaint against NBC/"Las Vegas"
The Parents Television Council filed an indecency complaint over NBC's broadcast of a nude scene during Las Vegas on 2/15. The episode aired at...
The Judge needs to Jail
Judge Judy still needs to consider jailing Pat Sajak, because Pat's Wheel of Fortune once again kept Judy out of the #1 slot on...
FCC lets broadcasters do it their way
After toying with an idea of mandating how and when television broadcasters run PSAs on the DTV conversion, the FCC has indicated it will...
Week 21: Competition outFoxed by Idol
Fox's Moment of Truth had a good week, coming in 3rd among primetime offerings with a 6.0 18-49 showing, behind American Idol Wednesday and...
DGA members approve new contract
DGA members have approved their new three-year contract with AMPTP. Said DGA in a statement: “The members of the Directors Guild of America have...
Colliding fronts cloud LPTV's DTV future
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin wants to do something to help low power and Class A television stations, seemingly the forgotten stepchild of the DTV...
Fox affiliate meeting moved to NAB
Fox spokesperson Scott Grogin tells TVBR the decision to move the annual affiliate meeting from NATPE to NAB Las Vegas on 4/15 had a...
MSNBC apologizes for Bin Laden pic behind Obama story
NBC News has reprimanded the employee responsible for mistakenly flashing a picture of Osama bin Laden on MSNBC as Chris Matthews talked about Barack...
FCC gets to the bare bottom of blue NYPD Blue episode
ABC has had its say on behalf of its Central and Mountain time zone affiliates and O&Os, and the FCC isn't buying what it's...
NAB, CEA team to raise antenna awareness
Fans of over-the-air television who are not in the market for an MVPD subscription will have a new resource to determine how to make...
"Boston Legal" to join ION primetime lineup
ION Media has signed with Twentieth Television to air “Boston Legal” on ION Television beginning this Fall. “‘Boston Legal’ will be to ION Television...
Pick three
We're noticing that more than a few local television stations celebrated 2/17/08 by pointing out that it marks the official 366-day leap year countdown...
Avoiding a shattering experience
One of the problems with television sets ever since Atari entered our living rooms back in the 1970s is their hijacking by gamers, preventing...
DTV left-behinds would number 13M
According to a report from ratings icon Nielsen Company, 13M US households would be without television service if the DTV transition took place today,...
Peacock realigns current series department
Teri Weinberg, Executive Vice President, NBC Entertainment, will expand her role overseeing development to now include all current series programs to lead off a...