NBC renews five dramas
NBC has announced the renewal of five key drama series for the 2013-14 season: “Revolution,” “Chicago Fire,” “Parenthood,” “Grimm” and “Law & Order: Special...
Time Warner Cable, ABS-CBN launch Lifestyle Network
ABS-CBN International, the largest Filipino entertainment, news and broadcast company in the US, announced the launch of “Lifestyle Network” on Time Warner Cable in...
CBS takes Thursday with a Big Bang
The Big Bang Theory eclipsed American Idol and gave the prime time 18-49 ratings race to the Eye Network. Fox just nipped ABC for...
Nielsen Q1 income up, thanks to retail measurement
Nielsen reported Q1 net income was up a healthy 36% to $34 million, or 53% compared to Q1 2012. Net income per share, was...
Time Warner CEO Bewkes comments on Aereo
Aereo may not be the threat broadcast networks are making it out to be, because it doesn't have a compelling value proposition for consumers,...
Meredith local division grows 10%
The television side of Meredith earned intramural revenue growth bragging rights during the company’s just completed third quarter, albeit on less overall revenue due...
American Idol brings Wednesday home for Fox
The singing contest still has what it takes to deliver a night of ratings supremacy, giving Fox an easy win over #2 CBS. Univision...
Belo Q1 up on national spot, digital, retransmission
Total revenue for the quarter was $160.3 million--$4.4 million, or 2.8%, higher than Q1 2012. Spot revenue was up about 2% with a 7%...
ABC Family greenlights “Chasing Life”
ABC Family has added another new one-hour drama series, “Chasing Life” (formerly “Terminales”), to its roster of millennial-skewing original programming. The series is scheduled...
Arizona US House delegation wants translator protection
In a state with a lot of sparsely-populated areas, television translators are an important source of news, information and entertainment. Legislators from one such...
CNN in talks with Newt Gingrich for new “Crossfire”
Earlier this month, news broke that CNN was looking to relaunch Crossfire, the iconic debate show that pitted two pundits -- one liberal, one...
CBS has the Tuesday edge
NBC’s The Voice was the top program, but a steady performance from CBS programming gave it an extremely narrow win over NBC 18-34. The...
Retransmission fees deliver flat Q1 at Media General
Media General’s Q1 revenue was $73.9 million, down slightly from $74.2 million last year. Gross Political revenues took a big hit
Fox topped three demos for the week
FOX’s week was propelled by strong performances from AMERICAN IDOL, BONES, THE FOLLOWING, HELL’S KITCHEN and GLEE, leading the network to rank No. 1...
Local TV dominates coverage of Boston manhunt
Citizens of Boston and elsewhere were tuned in on the situation as authorities closed in on surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev –...