Michael Copps

Television advocacy applauds Copps comments on spectrum

Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps is open to providing more spectrum for the purpose of expanding access to broadband – but he is also...
Ryan Seacrest

Ryan Seacrest re-ups with American Idol

Fox announced the terms call for him to receive $30 million to stay on with the Simon Fuller-produced show for two more seasons. Seacrest,...

Lindsay Lohan to star in Liz Taylor biopic

Lifetime announced that Lindsay Lohan has been tapped to star as the legendary Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime Original Movie “Liz & Dick.” The...
NBC

NBC Sunday ratings

Sunday Results: From      9-11 p.m. ET,      "The Celebrity      Apprentice" (2.0/5 in 18-49, 6.4 million      viewers overall)      tied for #1 in...

Sunday ratings tie

ABC, led by "Once Upon a Time," and CBS, led by "The Amazing Race," tied in the key 18-49 demo on Sunday night –...
Democrat and Republican

Broadcasters offer compromise on online political files

In ex parte meetings with FCC officials, representatives of a number of television group
CBS

CBS celebrates Sunday

Time period wins by 60 MINUTES, THE AMAZING RACE and THE GOOD WIFE led CBS to its sixth consecutive first-place finish on Sunday win...
Time Warner Cable

Time Warner Cable adds sports networks to TWC TV app

Customers in NYC, Dallas and Charlotte now have additional national and regional sports nets to the TWC TV app for the iPad, iPhone, Android...
ABC

Sunday success for ABC

With a mix of repeat and original programming opposite mostly original competition, ABC ranked #1 on Sunday night in Adults 18-49, tying CBS’ all-original...
FOX

Fox hits the young demos on Sunday

Live+Same Day Nielsen Ratings Airing the original pilots of “Married With Children” and THE SIMPSONS, followed by FOX’s 25th ANNIVESARY special, FOX ranked #1 last...
NBC

Saturday night all right for NBC

In Late-Night Metered-Market Household Averages for Saturday night: An      encore telecast of “Saturday Night Live," with host Daniel Radcliffe      and musical guest Lana...
Jay Leno

Leno bests Letterman Friday late

In late-night metered-market households Friday night: * In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.4/6 with an encore...
NBC

NBC earns Friday win and tie for win in key demos

Friday Primetime Results: * NBC tied for #1 for the night in adults 18-49 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults 18-49 and was...
Chart

Hollywood TV scripts depict reality of drug use

Fiction writers working on prime time television programs were found by a new study to have a remarkably accurate sense of the state of...
FCC

FCC set to take advance online TV public files

The FCC would like to move broadcast public files out of file cabinets in a dusty back room