CBS posts wire-to-wire Monday win
Four comedies (one a rerun) put CBS on top during the first two prime time hours and it eked out a win in the...
Dish to shutter 300 Blockbuster stores
Dish will reduce its number of Blockbuster stores nationwide to about 500, closing about 300 stores in the coming weeks. Some 3,000 employees will...
Dish slaps CBS in Hopper ad
Dish is using the recent controversy over CNet’s CES “Best In Show” award its new Hopper with Sling DVR won but was then disqualified...
Coin merchant settles with FTC
A manufacturer of commemorative coins used television ads to sell them, but misrepresented the nature of the product and committed other infractions. It has...
NBC: “The Biggest Loser” grows 50%
From 7-9 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "The Biggest Loser"
(0.7/2 in 18-49, 2.2 million viewers overall) grew from its first
half-hour to its fourth...
Playoff football propels CBS to big win
CBS took the last hour of Sunday night, and its broadcast of the Ravens-Patriots game eclipsed all competition. ABC nipped Fox for 2nd, and...
Study says “TV Everywhere” only at 17% penetration
Multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) subscribers are not rushing out to take advantage of TV Everywhere, says a study by GfK Media and reported...
Extra loud week for Big Bang Theory
During the first week of January (plus the last day of 2012) the syndicated version of Big Bang topped 12M viewers, while Wheel of...
Activists want Bounce, Azteca on Columbus TWC system
Networks serving the African-American and Hispanic communities are available over the air in a limited portion of Columbus OH, and a pair of minority...
NAB asks court to refrigerate TV online political file case
The FCC’s requirement that television stations put political advertising information online has
ABC’s Scandal wins 10pm
Nearly tripling its Adult 18-49 lead-in (+190%) against the second hour of Idol at 9pm, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy dominated its scripted time-period competition, leading...
Idol holds 100% of YOY rating
Last night’s Thursday premiere of AMERICAN IDOL Season 12 delivered a 5.6/15, retaining 100% of last year’s preliminary Thursday premiere rating in Adults 18-49...
NBC: “Parks” ties Nov 2011 high rating
At 8 p.m. ET Thurs., "30 Rock" (1.3/4 in 18-49, 3.5 million viewers overall) finished within 0.2 of a point of last week's season-high...
The Bachelor, Episode 2: Jumping off buildings, romance novel cover photos and a prank
I’ve had a few days now to recover from my DVR not recording the beginning of The Bachelor this week. It turns out that...
Idol delivers again for Fox
Although down a bit from Wednesday, the second night of American Idol allowed Fox to coast to an easy ratings win. ABC was the...