LIN Media

LIN TV rolling out $290 million in senior notes

The sale will be used to finance a portion of the purchase price for the previously announced acquisition of 13 network affiliates (including 10...
ABC

ABC’s DWTS keeps 100% of its week-ago premiere

With a DWTS special, DWTS: All-Stars -- The Results Show and Private Practice, ABC finished as the #2 most-watched TV network on Tuesday for...
NBC

NBC: Encore of “The Voice” is #2 in 18-49

A recap episode of “The Voice” from 8-9:01 p.m. ET (2.9/9 in 18-49, 8.2 million viewers overall) ranked #2 in the time period in...

Wire to wire Tuesday win for CBS

CBS took Tuesday night on the strength of its NCIS franchise, along with a little help from Vegas. NBC was the best of the...
Pile of Money

ACA condemns baseball broadcast deal

They may be celebrating the new pact between Major League Baseball and Fox and TBS in some quarters, but members of the American Cable...
FOX

MLB gets $6.8 billion for TV rights from Fox, Turner

The just-announced deal includes rights to broadcast games from 2014 through 2021 in a contract extension. Fox will pay an average of $525 million...

Watchdog focuses on Denver TV ahead of debate

Colorado has been considered a battleground state in recent years, and Denver has been buried under a deluge of political advertising. Free Press is...
FOX

Fox’s Bones was second highest drama

FOX aired originals of BONES and THE MOB DOCTOR last night: BONES: 2.1/6, down -9% from last week in Adults 18-49 (vs. 2.3/6). o    BONES...
ABC

ABC: #1 Scripted Show, drama, new comedy in 18-49

Overall: ABC finished as the 2nd-most-watched network overall during the opening week of the 2012-13 TV Season (w/o 9/24/12), outdrawing an NFL-fueled NBC and...
NBC

NBC has finished #1 in 18-49 for premiere week

Monday Results (CW carried NFL coverage in Chicago): NBC ranked #1 for the night among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49, winning...
CBS

CBS wins premiere week

CBS, which scored huge premieres for new dramas ELEMENTARY and VEGAS, won premiere week in viewers for the fourth consecutive year and finished second...

NBC gives Voice to clear Monday victory

On a night where all the prime time programming was fresh, NBC scored an easy win 18-49. CBS was second 18-49, while ABC snagged...
News

Younger demos abandoning TV news

Newspapers have been dealing with severe audience erosion, thanks to the internet, for years to devastating effect. Local television news hasn’t been hit nearly...
FCC

Caved-in man cave contest leads to NVT consent decree

New Vision Television’s CBS KOIN-TV in Portland OR believes circumstances dictated that a contest in which the lucky winner was to receive a man...

RLTV to premiere “Money matters with Jean Chatzky”

Here’s RLTV's (Retirement Living Television) new partnership with NBC News to produce a new personal finance series targeting the boomer demo, Money Matters with...