Big Bang tops 10M viewers
8/13-19 was a big week for syndicated Big Bang episodes, when it drew 10.25M pairs of eyes, easily eclipsing the results of Wheel of...
DirecTV-Northwest Broadcasting retrans. battle continues
Looks like some DIRECTV customers in a few markets are going to need to dig out some old OTA antennas out of the closet:...
FOX Business Network tops CNBC in RNC coverage
It’s a milestone in the battle of the biz nets especially since the 5-year old FBN is in about half as many homes as...
Retrans deals accomplished without blackouts
CBS broadcast stations and co-owned cable channels will be back on AT&T’s U-verse MVPD systems, and television group Local TV has reached a similar...
Fox came in 3rd on Thursday
Due to pre-season football, FOX is pre-empted in 19.3% of the country and Fast Nationals for FOX/ABC/CBS/NBC are inflated.
Airing encores of RAISING HOPE (1.1/4),...
NBC Thursday: “Saving Hope”
Thursday Results (local NFL preemptions on all major networks and some inconsistent start times across time zones):
· Pending updates, at 8 p.m. ET, an...
CBS wins on spotty clearance night
Preemptions were the name of the game as the final week of the NFL preseason kicked some network programming off the air, and the...
Playing poker with DISH Network
A novel explanation has been put forth as to why satellite MVPD DISH Network is such a difficult company to negotiate with, and it...
Republican National Convention Day 3 draws 21.9 million viewers
An estimated 21.9 million people tuned in to watch the third night of the 2012 Republican National Convention on 8/29. The first day of...
Investment firm kclosing in on Dick Clark Productions
Ryan Seacrest and partners Bain and Thomas H. Lee are said to be out of the picture in the contest to acquire Dick Clark...
ABC’s RNC coverage grows night to night
On its second night of coverage, ABC News’ Your Voice, Your Vote – 2012 Republican National Convention spiked over the prior night by double...
NBC: “Talent” is #1 for the night
Wednesday Results (preemptions for local NFL preseason coverage on NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox): Pending updates, from 9-10 p.m. ET, the “America’s Got Talent”...
FOX Wednesday: SYTYCD up +7%
FOX ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and #1 in Adults 18-34 and all key female demos. FOX has ranked #1 among Adults...
Talent trumps dancing as NBC edges Fox
It was a close race, but in the end, NBC took the night over Fox by a very slim margin: 1.7/5 to 1.6/5. NBC...
Canada calms down its TV commercials
US broadcasters are getting ready to follow the dictates of the CALM Act, which will attempt to bring the volume of commercials to par...