Thursday, July 30, 2026

ABC

ABC’s Sunday fall finales finish out strong

Opposite another big Sunday Night Football game (Philadelphia Eagles-Dallas Cowboys) and a huge NFL primetime overrun on CBS, ABC grew its Sunday numbers week...
MTV

MTV to debut “Buckwild” in Jersey Shore slot

In just a few weeks, MTV is saying goodbye to Jersey Shore for good. The network is going in a different, yet similar direction...

Another Sunday will for NBC and NFL

The Giants and Eagles scored a touchdown for NBC, and CBS had the stronger NFL overrun into early prime to grab 2nd. ABC bested...
Aereo

Second Circuit Court of Appeals critical of Aereo

Finally, some common sense and clarity: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals is skeptical of some of
Telefutura

TeleFutura becoming “UniMás”

Univision Communications announced the launch of the UniMás Network, the newly transformed TeleFutura. UniMás delivers content from the top Spanish-language producers in the world. “For...
Gavel

What if you held a spectrum auction and nobody came?

That’s the question posed by one television operator who believes that the broadcast television business is vibrant and poised for continued success. Sure there...

Syndies flying high – Big Bang tops 12M viewers

Jeopardy! was less than 400K viewers from the 10M threshold, and if it had made it, that would have made four programs in a...
Gavel

Nexstar challenge to Fort Wayne JSA has legs in court

Between their two stations, Granite Broadcasting and Malara Broadcasting control five of six
NBC

NBC: “30 Rock” hits season high

Thursday Results (Fox carried NFL football in New Orleans and the CW carried the game in Atlanta): At 8 p.m. ET, "30 Rock" (1.3/4...
ABC

ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy tripled lead-in

Returning strong after the prior week’s Thanksgiving preemption, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy tripled its lead-in among Adults 18-49 9pm (+200% over Last Resort) to win...
CBS

Big Bang leads CBS to Thurs win

Led by THE BIG BANG THEORY, TWO AND A HALF MEN, PERSON OF INTEREST and ELEMENTARY, CBS handily won Thursday night in viewers and...

CBS Bangs home another Thursday night win

Comedies from CBS put it on track to win the night during the first hour of primetime 18-49, and it had 13.4M viewers to...
NFL / National Football League

NFL Network putting a dent into broadcast prime

The NFL’s NFL Network is using its new rights to 13 Thursday night games to power its $1.1 billion
Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable fires back in KC

Time Warner Cable has launched (11/29) 14 Wi-Fi hot spots in the Kansas City area, only two weeks after Google launched its highly-revered local...
Political Advertising

Wells Fargo’s final tally of TV political spending

As usual, the current crop of political candidates spent money like even drunker sailors than the last crop