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...
CBS renews 11 series
CBS has renewed 11 series for next season in a move that will return 10 hours of the network's primetime schedule and eight of...
The CW brings back six
The CW announced the return of original episodes for six of its most popular scripted series: The Game-March 23 (9 episodes); One Tree Hill-April...
NBCU TV DVD/Music Group to handle NBCU TV properties
NBC Universal Television DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group will assume responsibility for all global licensing and merchandising of NBC Universal television properties, as...