NAB / National Association of Broadcasters

Broadcasters say FCC auction change is unlawful

At issue is a change in methodology that NAB and the Big Four networks say is both unlawful and fundamentally flawed. And just for...
Kids watching TV

PTC attacks violence on TV

The Parents Television Council did a check and found that almost half of the television shows it watched during a survey contained some form...
Lifetime

Lifetime wins in court to air “Romeo Killer”

Lifetime has won the legal right to premiere its original movie “Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story,” starring Emmy Award winner Eric McCormack (Will...
NBC

NBC: First “SVU” original in three weeks inches up in total viewers

Wednesday Primetime Results: From 8-8:30 p.m. ET, “Whitney” averaged a 1.1/4 in 18-49 and 3.2 million viewers overall.  From 8:30-9 p.m. ET, an encore...

American Idol scores again for Fox

Fox scored a convincing Wednesday night win on the strength of its singing competition. CBS was the best of the rest, followed by Univision,...
Jay Leno

NBC replacing Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon

Sounds like the rumors that NBC is replacing Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon are becoming true. What we did know was Leno was not...
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

WOAI-TV back on air six hours after fire

The Sinclair Broadcast Group NBC affiliate in San Antonio was off the air more than six hours 3/19 after a fire forced staffers to...

LPTV licensee fails to reinstate Class A status

The FCC found a large number of Class A television stations that had not lived up to all of their Class A obligations and...
ABC

ABC comes in second with 18-49

Up against all-original competition on Tuesday, ABC finished #2 to CBS in both Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.  The Net marked its most-watched Tuesday...

CBS in Tuesday prime driver’s seat

It was a wire-to-wire 18-49 win for the Eye Network, earning it a clear-cut win over Fox and ABC, which dueled to a tie...
People watching TV

MVPD households up, cable way down

Video service growth coming from companies who entered the MVPD business from the telephone side is keeping the MVPD business as
Bloomberg Television

Bloomberg, El Financiero to launch HD network

Bloomberg Media Group, a division Bloomberg L.P., and El Financiero, the media branch of Grupo Lauman, announced a long-term agreement to launch a new...

Univision was #4 or better in multiple demos for 7th week

On Friday night, Univision ranked as the #1 network among both Adults 18-34 and Adults 18-49.  Univision’s entire primetime lineup ranked among the top...
CBS

CBS wins the week in viewers, 25-54

Rebroadcasts of "NCIS" and "NCIS: Los Angeles" Deliver More Viewers Than All First-Run Programming on the Competition Except "American Idol Wednesday" Season-to-Date, CBS Maintains Leadership...
FOX

Fox wins the week in 18-34, 18-49, Teens

Once again, FOX won the week among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.  On Tuesday, a special 9p hour of HELL’S KITCHEN was the...