Deb Turness is new NBC News President
Deborah Turness, former editor of ITV News, the UK’s most-watched commercial network news service, has been named President of NBC News. Turness joins CNBC...
Judge Judy scores syndie ratings win
During the week beginning 4/29/13, Judge Judy beat back both The Big Bang Theory and Wheel of Fortune to win the household ratings derby...
ABC wins Friday 18-49
With back-to-back Shark Tanks, including the season finale at 9pm, leading into 20/20, ABC won the final Friday of the season in Total Viewers...
“Office” finale up 30% vs. year-ago
From 9-10:15 p.m. ET, the series finale of “The Office” (3.0/8 in 18-49, 5.7 million viewers overall) filed the show's highest 18-49 rating in...
Legal eagle agrees: McCain TV license threat is empty
In an article about John McCain (R-AZ) and his “Television Consumer Freedom Act"
DISH raising $2.6 billion for Sprint; battles SoftBank
Still the highest bidder for Sprint Nextel, DISH Network is getting the money ready in case
Fox wins Thursday with Idol finale
The Big Bang Theory was only on for 1/4th the time American Idol was, and posted better 18-49 and total audience results, but two...
U.S. Open Tennis to ESPN
More sports migrates from broadcast TV to cable: ESPN signed an 11-year contract to exclusively air all rounds of the U.S. Open tennis tournament...
CEA exec’s odd reasoning
After the Senate Communications Subcommittee hearing on the State of Video, an executive with the Consumer Electronics Association came out with a statement attacking broadcasters for thwarting consumers. But it would appear his reasoning is full of holes.
Fox takes Wednesday with American Idol
The problem for Fox is not that American Idol is suddenly a loser - it still wins Wednesdays - it's just not blowing the...
Viacom named in text spam suit
MTV is owned and operated by Viacom. A resident of Tennessee voted in the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, and subsequently received texted promotional messages touting other MTV programming, and the result is a class action lawsuit.
TBS, TNT to stream online
From their 2013 upfront presentation in NYC: TBS and TNT will soon stream on-air content live across multiple platforms 24/7
NY senators push for Canada accord on TV spectrum
The two US Senators from the state of New York are pressing their former colleague and current Secretary of State John Kerry for a...
CBS unveils 2013-2014 sked
The schedule, featuring eight new series, includes five comedies and three dramas. Five will premiere in the fall and three at mid-season. CBS will...
NBC nips CBS Tuesday night
Singing content held the slimmest of edges over NCIS content during Tuesday prime, allowing NBC to prevail over CBS by a whisker. Fox was...