CBS chips in for Sunday win
The Masters golf tournament went into overtime Sunday night, not a bad development at all for CBS. Fox beat NBC for #2 honors, and...
PTC running click-and-send indecency campaign
Did you know that the FCC is paving the way for more sex, more f-bombs, more profanity and more nudity on America’s television airwaves? That’s what the Parents Television Council is telling people who go to its website.
Dish offers $25.5 billion for Sprint
Dish Network’s bid for Sprint Nextel is seen as an effort to derail the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier's acquisition by Japan’s SoftBank. Sprint...
Big Bang retains top syndie billing
During the last week of March The Big Bang Theory was far ahead of the competition in both total viewers and household rating. Wheel...
Class As clamor for auction info
SpectrumEvolution.org President Greg Herman thanked the FCC for meeting with Class A television licensees at NAB in Las Vegas, but was forced to add...
Auction-related international spectrum talks in progress
In order to pull of the incentive auction program of television spectrum in 2014, the FCC must
“Hannibal” matches NBC’s best 18-49 slot rating
Thursday Results -- "Hannibal" is currently at a 1.64 in 18-49, close to rounding up to a 1.7): At 10:01 p.m. ET, “Hannibal” (1.6/5...
Idol leads Fox to Thursday win
American Idol and Glee each won their time slots, giving Fox Thursday prime by a comfortable margin. Wall-to-wall reruns were enough to put CBS...
More applause for acquisitive Sinclair
Sinclair Television Group was fully expected to buy more television stations, and its latest entry in the M&A market for Fisher Communications has earned...
Time Warner could buy Turkish TV network
Time Warner is said to be in talks to buy Turkey's ATV network from Calik Holdings. Time Warner's bid is believed to be about...
Downgrade for Cablevision
A combination of rising program costs and continued focus on investments in operations is preventing Cablevision Systems Corporation to get into Moody’s leverage comfort...
TV About Movies to debut “Beverly Hills Pawn,” “Race to the Scene”
Reelzchannel’s TV About Movies network announced that its first two reality series will premiere on Wednesday and Thursday, 6/5 and 6/6. The primetime premieres...
ABC’s Modern Family was #1 in 18-49
Wednesday’s #1 TV show for the 2nd week in a row, ABC’s Modern Family outperformed Fox’s American Idol on the night by 19% in...
Fox sings of Wednesday ratings win
American Idol is still propelling Fox to the top of the heap during Wednesday prime, ahead of #2 CBS. ABC wasn't far behind CBS...
Dish Network-DirecTV merger could happen
Dish tripled its cash balance during the past year and its Chairman Charlie Ergen has accumulated