Media General

Newspaper spin-off puts analyst in a good Moody

The announcement from Media General that it was selling off most of its newspaper assets to Berkshire Hathaway in order to concentrate on its...
NFL / National Football League

GM to skip Super Bowl 2013

There were four ads for General Motors aired during the 2012 Super Bowl on NBC – if they were purchased at the going rate,...
ABC

Emily Maynard Dazzles in The Bachelorette Premiere

I think we’re in store for a great season. There. I said it. First off, we’ve got ourselves a real lady who is as...

Idol secures Thursday for Fox

For the second night in a row, Fox won the prime time ratings wars with room to spare, thanks to American Idol. ABC was...

“Pan AM” may fly again

The four major U.S. broadcast television networks unveiled their 2012-2013 program schedules this week, and about 33 series from the current season got the...
CBS

“The Mentalist” wins time period

The season finale of THE MENTALIST won its time period in viewers and key demographics while the season finale of PERSON OF INTEREST placed...
Democrat and Republican

Candidate committees have reservations about fall TV time

The four congressional campaign committees are old hands at putting together a warchest so they can take the offensive or mount a defense of...
American Idol

Fox wins Thursday with Idol power

Airing the AMERICAN IDOL Top 3 Results show, FOX won last night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54, and Teens, beating the No....
NBC

NBC: “Community” tied for second

At 8 p.m. ET, “Community” (1.3/5 in 18-49, 3.0 million viewers overall) tied for #2 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in the slot...
The CW Television Network

The CW launches “CWD” digital studio

The CW announced the creation of CWD, the CW Digital Studio, a new destination for fresh, original content created exclusively for the digital platform....

Parents prefer to take charge of children’s TV use

Freedom of speech is one of the prime hallmarks of what it means to be an American – and by large margins, parents want...
NBC

NBC 8:30: “Off their rockers” earns a 10-week slot high

Wednesday Results: At 8 p.m. ET, “Betty White's Off Their Rockers” captured a 1.4/5 in 18-49 and 5.1 million viewers overall against competition that...
CBS

“Criminal Minds” gets best Adult 18-49 since January

The two-hour season finale of CRIMINAL MINDS won its time period in viewers and key demographics, outperforming last year's finale in all ratings measures,...
ABC

ABC marks best Wednesday in 5 years

Once again scoring year-over-year growth on the night, ABC grew over the same Wednesday last year in Viewers (+10%) and Adults 18-49 (+5%).  In...

Idol rules once again

Fox took Wednesday night on the strength of a two-hour American Idol installment by any measurement you'd care to use - 18-49, 18-34, total...