ABC wins the week
Overall: ABC won the week (w/o 02/18/13) by strong margins over its nearest competition in Total Viewers (+18% - CBS) and Adults 18-49 (+62%...
ABC edges Fox for Monday night win
A solid performance from The Bachelor and a third-hour win for Castle gave the night to ABC, which edged Fox, which in turn edged...
Political fuels big quarter, year for Scripps
Revenues were up at The E.W. Scripps Company in part because it had the benefit of income from four television stations acquired at the...
Aereo expands regional coverage
Barry Diller’s Aereo, a service that lets users watch live broadcast TV on their iPhones, tablets and
“Dateline NBC” grows 13%
Sunday Results: From 7-8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "Dateline NBC" reported a 0.8/2 in 18-49 and 4.1 million viewers overall. From its...
Puerto Rico television stations over-commercialized kids programs
There are limits to how much commercial time can be inserted into television programming aimed at children, and a pair of co-owned television stations...
And the winner is (envelope please) Oscars on ABC
It was ABC 10.1/25, Fox, CBS, NBC and Univision 4.0/10 combined on Sunday night, as the Academy Awards dominated the television-viewing universe. The best...
Rupert Murdoch sells more voting shares
The News Corp. Chairman and CEO sold voting shares in the media company worth around $28.9 million last week, further reducing his voting stake...
Syndication stays hot with four at 10M+ viewers
People have been tuning into the top four syndicated shows in droves, and the week of 2/4/13 was no exception. Big Bang Theory, Wheel...
CNBC launches first reality series
CNBC Prime launches its first reality series on Tuesday, 3/5 with the premiere of “Treasure Detectives” at 9PM ET/PT. A show that takes you...
Tidewater TV loses bid to add service in NC with a hyphen
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association wanted to change the city of license of its Norfolk DMA noncom WHRO-TV from Hampton-Norfolk VA to Norfolk VA-Elizabeth...
Big Bang tops Thursday
THE BIG BANG THEORY swept its time period, finishing first in households (10.5/17), viewers (17.34m), adults 25-54 (7.0/18), adults 18-49 (5.4/16) and adults 18-34...
ABC Zero Hour had good Thursday
Up against Idol and CBS’ top-rated comedies (The Big Bang Theory/Two and a Half Men), ABC’s Zero Hour drew 2.2 million more viewers than...
Fox wins Thursday with American Idol
CBS started with a Big Bang but faded as the evening progressed, setting for 2nd place in the 18-49 battle behind Fox. Univision grabbed...
Grant TV stations go dark on DISH
Stations in four smaller DMAs are now missing from the DISH Network lineup. They belong to group owner Grant Communications, and the service outage...