Paramount to cut 110 jobs
Viacom’s Paramount Pictures plans to eliminate 110 jobs across several departments, citing a competitive climate for moviemaking. The cuts will come in finance, human...
ABC took second place
Overall: During season premiere week (w/o 9/23/13), ABC took second place in Adults 18-49 (moving up from 4th place a year ago), leading both...
CBS wins premiere week
CBS won premiere week in viewers for the fifth consecutive year — its ninth year overall in the past 11 — led by the...
Fox’s X Factor delivers strong numbers
With the first week of the official broadcast season underway, FOX ranked No. 2 for the week among Adults 18-34 and No. 3 (tie)...
Eshoo wants incentive auction participants
To that end, Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA) is asking the FCC to step up its outreach efforts to sell the benefits of participating in the incentive auction program to broadcasters.
“The Wonderful World of Ostaro” launching on ION
Celebrity astrologer Ostaro has just wrapped filming the pilot of his new television show slated for the ION network, "The Wonderful World of Ostaro"....
NBC sings its way to Monday win
The Voice won the first two hours of the night and a strong performance by The Blacklist during the third hour gave NBC a...
Viacom re-launching MTV Russia
Viacom was set to relaunch its MTV channel on Russian cable and satellite networks 10/1. First launched in September 1998, the network was run...
Nielsen Vice Chair Susan Whiting to retire
Nielsen Holdings N.V. says that Whiting has decided to retire at end of this calendar year after a 35 year career with the company....
Disney and Dish keep the lights on, keep on talking
After the headline-grabbing retransmission consent battle between CBS and Time Warner
Clyburn explains FCC retrans role
There are multitudes of issues involving typical American consumers that come and go without Congressional comment, but television is not one of them. Mess with the television set of the American consumer, and you are messing with Congress – as Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn found out during the CBS/TWC retransmission consent impasse.
NFL dominates Sunday again
And that primarily worked to the benefit of NBC as usual, with its prime time football offering. Fox had the best luck with its...
Huge week for Judge Judy
As usual, The Big Bang Theory won the total viewer contest during the week of 9/9/13, but was almost caught from behind by irascible...
Comcast SportsNet Houston files Chapter 11
Comcast SportsNet Houston is facing an “urgent financial and corporate government crisis” and
The Crazy Ones bests Michael J Fox
On CBS, the premiere of The Crazy Ones earned a 4.0 adults 18-49 rating. On NBC, the one-hour premiere of Parks & Recreation earned...