Houston CATV hit with big fine for retrans violation
Six Houston TX television stations were carried on cable systems owned and operated by TV Max
$47.4 million awarded against Henry Luken
A $47.4 million civil verdict in Little Rock, AR on 6/21 has sent the former CEO of Equity Media
NBC hits 5-month highs
NBC has delivered five-month highs in both adults 18-49 and total viewers, averaging a 1.9 rating, 6 share in 18-49 and 6.7 million viewers...
Fox scored 8 of Top 20
FOX highlights last week included strong deliveries by MASTERCHEF and HELL’S KITCHEN, as well as night-winning encore performances by the network’s ANIMATION DOMINATION favorites....
NBC skates to a Monday night win
The final game of the NHL playoffs proved to be a winner for NBC. CBS grabbed 2nd with its premiere of Under the Dome,...
Social Media can influence repeat viewing
Social media shows influence on regular viewers of television shows but has little impact on drawing new or infrequent viewers to a show, according...
Fox was #1 in male demos
FOX ranked #1 Sunday night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and all key male demos. The FAMILY GUY encore was the night’s highest...
The Bachelorette in Atlantic City: A Pageant Within a Pageant
I’m a bit surprised by last week’s Bachelorette episode in Atlantic City for a number of reasons:
(1) Was it not clear to everyone in...
Class A TV, children and the FCC
Last year a number of Class A television stations that had failed to toe the line on children’s television requirements also failed to respond...
Soft debut for “Whodunnit”
ABC and FOX tied for number one among adults 18-49 while CBS was on top with total viewers. On ABC, the e series premiere...
Food Network drops Deen over racist remarks
Paula Deen, Food Network’s queen of Southern cooking was dropped by the network on Friday. A network spokeswoman told the NY Times it would...
Judge Judy out-rates a bigger Bang
Syndicated episodes of Big Bang Theory edged back over the 10M viewer threshold, but Judge Judy got more household ratings bang for her 9.15M...
Prather exits Gray Television
President/COO Robert S. Prather Jr. has resigned from Gray Television Inc., effective immediately. His responsibilities will be assumed by Gray CEO Hilton H. Howell...
NAB schools T-Mobile on TV markets
A study from Intel that is part of the record in the spectrum auction proceeding made an awesomely
NBC announces Fall premiere dates
NBC’s fall schedule includes the launch of two highly-anticipated new shows: “The Blacklist” on 9/23 and the series debut of “The Michael J. Fox...