New season underscores greying of broadcast TV
NBC's Ironside, the redux of the ‘60 series about a top detective in a wheelchair, is not just TV's oldest drama. It also has...
NBC edges CBS for Tuesday win
The Voice was the top-rated show on Tuesday while CBS and its NCIS offerings pulled in the most viewers, with NBC taking 18-49 honors....
FCC addresses attempt to duck children’s TV fine
As we have been reporting for the past two or so years, the FCC has been paying close attention to how well Class A...
Nielsen profit spikes on TV ratings demand
Nielsen Holdings NV reported a 28% rise in Q3 profit due to higher demand for the company's
FilmOn X says it’s not in contempt of court
On the deadline day set by a federal judge last week to explain why she shouldn’t hold FilmOn X in
ALCS drives strong week for Fox
Last week, the MLB ALCS Games 4, 5 and 6 hit a line-drive for FOX and led the network to a second-place finish among...
Watchdog slams TV sidecar companies
Free Press is upset not only about the wave of deal-making in the television business this year, but the method of consolidation and the FCC’s complicity in allowing it to happen. The key Free Press objection is the use of shell companies and LMAs to create otherwise illegal local station combinations.
NBC wins the week in 18-49
NBC is #1 for week 4 of the 2013-14 season in adults 18-49 and has won the opening four weeks of the season for...
CBS wins fourth week in total viewers
CBS had the #1 comedy, #1 drama, #1 new series and #1 news program, culminating in the Network's fourth consecutive weekly win in viewers,...
ABC up 6% for the week
Overall: During the week 10/14/13, ABC grew 6% week to week in Adults 18-49. The Net aired 5 of the Top 15 non-sports TV...
The Voice carries NBC to Monday win
Add in a 3rd-hour 18-49 win for The Blacklist and NBC took Monday wire-to-wire. CBS was the best of the rest, followed by ABC,...
ACA proposes middle road MPVD menu model
The arguments have been out there for a long time – consumers should not have cable channels thrust upon them whether they want them or not, but at the same time, a la carte menus would be more expensive than one might think. American Cable Association Vice Chair Robert Gessner has a compromise: a la bundle.
Netflix subscribers now top HBO
Netflix has reported (10/21) a big paid subscriber leap in the US that now puts the streaming service ahead of Time Warner's HBO, according...
As Dish hits Media General, NAB hits Dish
Satellite MVPD’s latest retransmission consent impasse involves television group Media
Football dominates Sunday prime
NBC got plenty of bang for its NFL buck, outscoring CBS, ABC, Fox and Univision combined in the ratings department Sunday night. And CBS...