Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Fox ekes out Thursday night win

American Idol and Glee gave 18-49 to Fox, but CBS was right at its heels with all reruns. Univision took 3rd ahead of NBC...
Kids watching TV

Stations run afoul of children’s rules

A full power television station in Augusta GA and a Class A station in western North Carolina had compliance problems related to required reports...
YouTube

YouTube beats Viacom again in copyright suit

Viacom lost another legal round in seeking as much as $1 billion from Google/YouTube for allegedly
Money

File failure put multi-million Class A sale at risk

KM LPTV of Chicago’s WOCH-CA failed to file required reports on children’s TV programming, and neither were the reports in the

American Idol continues to deliver for Fox

No other network managed to get particularly close to Fox and its two-hour singing contest. CBS came the closest, while ABC and NBC were...
Aereo

Aereo CEO addresses Fox’s threat to go cable

At the Ad Age Digital conference 4/17, CEO Chet Kanojia was skeptical that broadcast networks like Fox and Univision will go
Yes!

TV prime time shows that are coming back

In our Wednesday morning issue, we looked at programs that are either dead or on death’s door; Thursday morning we looked
Yes / No / Maybe

TV prime timers on the bubble

Yesterday we took a look at the television shows that have either been yanked offstage or are soon to be. Today, we’ll take a...
NBC

NBC: “Voice” matches Tuesday season high

NBC won its third consecutive Tuesday night in adults 18-49 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, with "The Voice" matching its Tuesday season high...

NBC sings its way to #1 on Tuesday

The Voice was the vehicle sending NBC to an easy Nielsen 18-49 win over #2 CBS on Tuesday night. ABC, Univision and Fox ended...
Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable adds live channels to TWC TV app

TWC is adding live out-of-home programming for the first time to its TWC TV app, allowing viewing on Apple mobile devices including
DirecTV

Mariners, DIRECTV form partnership on Root Sports

The Seattle Mariners and its long-standing TV rights holder, DIRECTV Sports Networks (DTVSN), announced a new regional sports network partnership in the Pacific Northwest....
Thumbs Down

TV prime time’s goners and gonna goers

The end of the prime time regular season is drawing very close, and most of the networks now have a good idea of what...
Aereo

Broadcasters petition for Aereo rehearing

They’ve petitioned the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for an "en banc" review in the Aereo case. The move
FOX

FOX ranks # 2 for the week in 18-49, 18-34, Teens

FOX’s week was highlighted by strong performances from AMERICAN IDOL, BONES, THE FOLLOWING, HELL’S KITCHEN, GLEE, NEW GIRL and THE MINDY PROJECT.  AMERICAN IDOL...