Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Summer reality rules Monday

"The Bachelorette" again gave ABC an easy ratings victory on Monday, with Univision claiming 2nd place in the big money 18-49 demo.Monday Overnight Nielsen...

CBS w/ 'Big Brother' sweeps time period

Big Brother sweeps its time period in viewers and key demos for the sixth straight week. The BIG BROTHER THURSDAY live eviction show swept its...
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With Stock Flying High, Nexstar Board OKs Big Dividend

Nexstar Media Group is riding high as it prepares to release its Q2 2021 earnings report on August 4. Now, its board of directors has responded with a rich reward to its shareholders of record as of August 13.

'Frank' dumps Ali 'The Bachelorette' everything's Hotter in Tahiti (review)

After this week's episode, I can honestly say that I still have a Bachelorette hangover. Tahiti was beautiful, emotional and hot enough to make poor Roberto sweat through his romantic dinner and the rose ceremony.
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Advertising Down 3% In December

U.S. advertising slipped 3% in December, according to MediaPost, quoting UBS Securities. The downturn is being attributed to a slowdown in the growth of digital media. Overall, fourth quarter 2017 was up 1% over the same period a year ago.

Four Key CEO Practices For Growing Corporate Value

A new research study published by S&P Global Market Intelligence's Quantamental Research group has pinpointed four types of executive policy that it believes drive corporate value. The report highlights policies S&P says can serve as a checklist for stakeholders to determine whether a CEO is likely to increase corporate prosperity.

John Conyer’s lineup for Comcast field hearing now available

The House Judiciary Committee is meeting on the Left Coast to take up the proposed merger of Comcast and NBCU under the gavel of...

FCC suspends Comcast/NBCU deadline indefinitely

After going over economic reports from the principals in the proposed merger of Comcast and NBCU, FCC staff has requested two additional economic reports

NBC sending Tom Brokaw to California for gubernatorial debate

Republican Meg Whitman and Democrat Jerry Brown are vying to take over the governorship of California from outgoing Arnold Schwarzenegger, and NBC News will...

Nickelodeon greenlights 14

Nickelodeon has greenlit over a dozen new live-action, animation and TV movie projects that will begin rolling out this fall and into 2013. The...
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Disney Today and Tomorrow: Where Does It Land?

On May 4, 2020, MoffettNathanson, the respected Wall Street financial advisory, downgraded The Walt Disney Co. As the rest of the year played out, the downgraded "was proven so painfully wrong." Fast-forward to today: Disney shares are right back to where they were trading when the downgrade was made. What does MoffettNathanson have to say now about Disney?

'Big Brother' wins Wednesday time period for CBS

"Big Brother" Posts Gains in Viewers over Last Week and Last Year. BIG BROTHER WEDNESDAY won its time period in viewers, adults 18-49 and...

Friday NBC w/ 'Dateline NBC' was No. 1

At 8 p.m. ET, the second season premiere of "Who Do You Think You Are?" (1.3/4 in adults 18-49, 7.3 million viewers overall) matched...

Merger opponents alert state AGs on Comcast/NBCU

The Coalition for Competition in Media has fired off a letter to the National Association of Attorneys General warning of the dangers they see if Comcast

'So You Think You Can Dance' performed for Fox Wednesday

FOX ranked a very close No. 2 last night among Adults 18-49 and won the night among Adults 18-34, Teens, all key female demos...