Thursday, July 30, 2026

Syndie viewing continues hot

Judge Judy just missed hitting the 10M viewer threshold during the week of 1/21/13, and that was only good enough for 5th place. That...
CBS

Report: CBS broke even or lost money on Super Bowl

SNL Kagan said CBS "likely broke even or lost a little money" on its airing of the big game this year. CBS's production costs...
Sports

Fox sheds no tears over loss of Dodgers

During its quarterly conference call with analysts and investors, executives at News Corp. discussed the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast rights are...
Ajit Pai

Pai makes the case for broadcast TV

According to FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai, broadcasters continue to provide vital news and emergency information to the American public, despite facing increasing competition on...
ABC

ABC takes second place in 18-49

Based on Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings: ABC was a competitive #2 on Wednesday in Adults 18-49 to Fox with a 2-hour...
FOX

Fox: American Idol dominates Wednesday

NOTE: A18-49 usage was down -4% from 8-10pm last night versus last week. With a two-hour AMERICAN IDOL, FOX dominated last night in virtually every...

Fox wins Wednesday with American Idol

The 18-49 results for Fox's talent show were better than double those of #2 ABC, which in turn was only slightly ahead of CBS....

BMI, TMLC strike license deal

Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) and the Television Music License Committee (TMLC) have negotiated principal terms for new music license agreements providing local broadcast TV...
Gavel

Fox moves back to Nexstar in Fort Wayne settlement

Nexstar Broadcasting’s WFFT-TV is the once and future home of Fox Television Network in Fort Wayne

Liberty won’t spar with Murdoch’s BSkyB over content rights

As much as Liberty Global’s Virgin Media buy might pit Liberty Media Chairman John Malone against Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB in Europe, a Reuters story says...
News Corporation

News Corp. profits in its fiscal Q2

Operating television stations in the US during a presidential election year is almost becoming a license to print money, and News Corporation was certainly...
SBG / Sinclair Broadcast Group

Sinclair follows rainbow to pot of political gold

2012 was a growth year for Sinclair Broadcast Group in more ways than one. For example, it brought 30 new stations into its fold....
MTV

MTV renews “Buckwild”

MTV has picked up raunchy freshman series Buckwild for a second season. The announcement comes a day before Thursday’s season finale of the hit...

ABC’s The Taste is Up/The Bachelor Wins from 9-11pm

ABC ran a competitive second on Tuesday in Adults 18-49 to CBS’ original drama lineup, beating Fox’s 2-hour comedy block by 21% and NBC...
FOX

Fox: The Mindy Project up 12%

FOX’s Tuesday comedy block remained steady from 8-9:30pm and saw strong growth for THE MINDY PROJECT at 9:30pm last night: ·         RAISING HOPE: 1.6/5, down...