ABC’s Bachelor Pad grew 18%
Monday: From 8-10pm, opposite NBC’s Olympic-promoted 2-hour debut of Stars Earn Stripes and Fox’s series debut of Hotel Hell and an original Hell’s Kitchen,...
NBC ranks #1 in total viewers for the week
Led by the week’s #1 telecast in adults 18-49, the Colts-Steelers “Sunday Night Football” NFL preseason game, and the #1 show in total viewers,...
Watchdog busy sleuthing TV political files
Media-oriented public interest group Free Press is compiling information on political advertising from television public files and hopes to publish results soon. In addition...
Michael J. Fox returning in NBC Comedy Series
The star of the 1980s NBC series “Family Ties” who downsized his career while battling Parkinson’s, will return to the network in a starring...
PTC says broadcast nudity is on the upswing
According to the Parents Television Council, broadcasters are increasingly showing full-frontal nudity in which certain key private parts are blurred. In a letter to...
ABC Sunday sees big increases
Shooting up from its young adult lead-in (+83%) at 9pm against NBC’s NFL coverage (Steelers-Colts) and gaining viewers throughout its 2-hour broadcast, the season...
Fox ranked #2 on Sunday
With encores of its animated favorites, FOX ranked #2 last night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and #1 in Teens (tie).
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NBC scores a Sunday night touchdown
Dateline won 7PM against a lineup of reruns, and the Steelers and Colts took over from there, giving NBC a sold win over Fox,...
Dish amends AutoHop lawsuit
Dish Network has filed an amended complaint in a New York federal court to better protect its AutoHop service, which enables subscribers to black...
Antenna cited as major cord-cutting device
One of the oft-noted trends in this young millennium is cord-cutting, another way of saying good-bye to one’s monthly cable bill. According to a...
Leno takes pay cut, 20 staffers let go
A year after the Comcast-NBCU merger became official, consolidation and pay cuts are surfacing. NBC late night talker Jay Leno of the Tonight Show...
Ratings Up on Bachelor Pad 3, Chris Bukowski Juggles 3 Women
Despite being a very large notch down from The Bachelor or The Bachelorette series, Bachelor Pad 3 is finally starting to show signs of...
NBC Thursday results
Pending updates, at 8 p.m. ET, an encore telecast of “The Office” averaged a 1.0/4 in 18-49 and 3.4 million viewers overall, and at...
FOX wins 4th consecutive night in 18-49
For the fourth night in a row this week, FOX has ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-49. FOX also won last night in Adults...
CBS drops “Glass House” suit against ABC
CBSNot long after amending its suit against ABC for copycatting its “Glass House” reality show from