NBC: Top “SNF” overnights in six years
Sunday Update (The Sunday Night Football metered-market average has been adjusted to the telecast's full duration): Currently available fast-affiliate ratings are not time zone-adjusted...
NBC runs, kicks and passes its way to Sunday win
The NFL is very good to NBC during Sunday night prime time, allowing it to blow away the competition yet again. CBS was best...
TV political spending tops $2B
Local political television spending was approaching $2B as of 10/21, and when national spot and network are added in, the spending easily clears that...
NBC: Top “Rock Center” since Sept.
Thursday Results: From 8-10:01 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of "The Voice" scored a 1.3/3 in 18-49 and 3.8 million viewers overall. In total...
ABC won Thursday
With its broadcast of The 46th Annual CMA Awards, ABC won Thursday night, beating out runner-up CBS by 7% in Total Viewers and by...
Countrified ABC overcomes CBS’s Big Bang
The CMA Awards results on ABC took a dive from the 2011 ratings they pulled, but it was still enough to overcome CBS by...
Analyst on Sinclair: What’s not to like?
Sinclair Broadcast Group said that it had a very successful Q3, but you don’t need to take Sinclair’s word for it. It has at...
Viacom donates $1 million for Sandy relief
Here’s the way it breaks down: Viacom will donate $500,000 to the Mayor's Fund for NYC and $500,000 to local organizations for relief and...
NBC: “Chicago Fire” up half-hour to half-hour
At 10 p.m. ET, "Chicago Fire" (1.6/4 in adults 18-49, 5.6
million viewers overall) retained 94 percent of its lead-in from
"SVU." From its first half-hour...
ABC tops with kids on Halloween
Note: Overall TV usage levels were down week to week on Wednesday night in Homes (-5%) and among Adults 18-49 (-7%), due to Halloween...
FCC decides for Randall Terry in political airtime access case
Pro-life candidate Randall Terry is on the ballot for president in the state of West Virginia, and wants to air advertising on Gannett’s CBS...
Fox wins Halloween with X-Factor
There was a typically-light tune-in factor for October 31 TV, and Fox was number one with the depleted audience. CBS edged ABC for 2nd...
Sinclair takes flight on political spending
Even without political income Sinclair Broadcast Group had an excellent Q3 2012, given the current economic climate. Add in political, however, and the increases...
Big media companies reopen after Sandy
As much of NYC area residents feel a bit like it's 9/11 all over again after Sandy’s destruction and flooding, large media companies on...
NBC sweeps Tues half-hours as the “Voice” dominates
Tuesday Results: NBC won its fourth consecutive Tuesday in 18-49, this time by a margin of 54 percent (with a 4.0 rating vs. CBS's...